Heart Diseases: strong vessels - long life

February is American Heart Month and heart disease is the # 1 killer among women. This disease is the leading cause of death in the United States and the major cause of disability. The most common heart disease is coronary heart disease it often seems like a heart attack. In May 2008 770000 have a coronary attack, 430,000 May, a recurrent attack. Every 26 seconds an American will have a coronary attack and about every minute die from one.

Other conditions may relate to your heart such as diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity, smoking, secondhand smoke, arrhythmia and heart failure, peripheral artery disease (PAD). These risk for heart disease can cause death or disability. For more risk factors for a list of diseases and conditions here for the American Heart Association website.

signs of heat illness are:

• chest discomfort, chest tightness, fullness or pain, usually lasting a few minutes, and then it goes back.
  
  
  
• discomfort in the upper part of the body between the shoulders ache, toothache, jaw pain, stomach pain, and pain in both arms.
  
• shortness May occur with or without chest discomfort. Lightheadedness, resolution, which in cold sweats and nausea.

To prevent heart disease try changing your life style. Eat more lean meat with less skin, cut back on salt try to eat about 2300mg of sodium per day less than 1500 per day, if you are at risk of high blood pressure. Cut back on beverages and foods that contain sugar if you drink alcohol, drink in moderation. Stay away from trans and saturated fats, go for low-fat dairy products, stay away from foods that are high in cholesterol, prepare foods with little salt and above all do some kind of physical activity.

women count for 52.8 percent of deaths in 2004 450000 died of cardiac and vascular diseases. This disease dose not only the older woman aged 65 and older it also affects women 25-44 years old. Cardiovascular disease is the 2nd Cause of death among women aged 45-65 years, this disease can be prevented. For more information about heart disease go to the American Heart Association website. I have high blood pressure and I do what I can to stay healthy for reasons of my children and myself.

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