Heart Attack Symptoms in Women

Heart Attack Symptoms in Women - In Indonesia, heart disease still the leading cause of death among men. But, that does not mean women can not be affected by this disease. There are several symptoms which mark the most common occurrence of heart attacks like tightness in the chest, pain, and dizziness. However, the question is, whether the symptoms of a heart attack in men and women equal? The answer, no!

Dr. Larry Weinrauch said, in essence, very little pre-menopausal women who have heart attacks. Except, if they are smoking, diabetes, or taking birth control pills for long period of time. However, he continued, smoking is still the biggest risk factors related to heart attacks in women.

The following are Heart Attack Symptoms will be the emergence of a heart attack in women, as described by Weinrauch:

• Nausea and vomiting that will not stop
• Shortness of breath (but do not sigh) or especially if you wake up at night
• Chest inconveniences which starts from the back of the sternum and radiating to the shoulder or arm, neck, jaw.
• Discomfort in the lower jaw
• Discomfort in the upper back, especially if it occurs only with the power or will not go
• Discomfort in the chest or back that occurs when you eat a lot
• All of a sudden heart beats very fast along with the pulse
• All of a sudden loss of consciousness
• Physical unable to do normal housework

So, who are most at risk of experiencing these symptoms? The point is, the more risk factors you have, the greater your risk of getting heart attacks, such as:

• Stop Menstrual
• Smoking
• Family history of heart disease before age 60 years
• High blood pressure (hypertension)
• Diabetes
• Obesity
• High Cholesterol

Air Pollution Can Cause Heart Attacks

Air Pollution Can Cause Heart Attacks - Highway congestion can cause not only stress but also dangerous for the heart. According to research inhale smoke containing pollutants in a long time can lead to heart attacks.

In research published in the British Medical Journal, researchers found exposure to particulate pollutants and nitrogen dioxide that is released the vehicle dangerous to heart health, although the risk is relatively small at only 1.3 percent.

Yet two-particle exposure in a long time into the lungs can trigger heart attacks about six hours after a person is inhaling pollutants. The experts call this condition as an effect of "harvesting" of pollution.

Krishnan Bhaskaran and his team from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine tested on 79,288 cases of heart attacks that occurred in 15 suburban England and Wales between 2003-2006. Then the researchers measured the amount of pollution in the area at the time of the patients had a heart attack. The data used comes from the UK National Air Quality Archive.

The researchers also measured levels of carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide and ozone, as well as other pollutant particles called PM10 and nitrogen dioxide.

"We estimate that within the context of pollutant PM10 and NO2 levels high enough to trigger a heart attack six hours later," said the researcher.

Professor Jeremy Pearson of the British Heart Foundation explains, can cause air pollution thickens the blood making it more easily clogged and are at high risk of heart attack.

"My advice to patients already diagnosed with heart disease should avoid being outside the polluted air in a long time," he said.

UK study also concluded that air pollution causes 29,000 premature deaths annually.