Incidence of Heart diseases in women is rising due to changing lifestyle of new age women and stress at both home and office. Smoking is the major preventable risk factor for heart diseases in women. The underlining mechanism is: (narrowing of blood vessels/Atherosclerosis) Decrease (shrinking) in the size of coronary arteries (vessels supplying blood to the heart), thereby free flowing of the blood is affected. There is more amount of fat accumulation inside the walls of the blood vessels. The more decrease in the size of the vessels, the earlier is the heart attack. Causative factors: 1. Age: Women of above 65 years of age are more prone to heart attacks. 2. Smoking: One of the main culprits and the dangerous factor. Nicotine in the tobacco makes the vessels to shrink in the size and decrease in inner capacity volume. 3. Excessive in taking of more fatty food materials like, non vegetarian diet, ghee, Fried foods, readymade junk foods, etc. 4. Diabetes: When it is not under control. 5. Sedentary life: Lack of exercise is more common in the present day modern life. 6. Race and genetic factors. Some of the above factors can be avoided, like Smoking, fatty foods intake, sedentary life, diabetes, etc. Age, genetic race factors are beyond our capacity to control them. Avoid the following risk factors, there by, the individual can be saved from heart attacks: 1. Stop smoking: In the first year itself, the risk is decreased by 50%. After 5 years of stopping of smoking, your health condition is just like the health status of “Non smokers”. 2. Avoid fatty foods: Instead take fresh fruits, vegetables and fish without frying with oil. Take fewer amounts of snacks. 3. Body weight should be under control: The BMI (Body mass index) should be between -18.5 to 24.9. The weight measurement should be 35 inches or less. 4. Avoid anxiety, stress and strain: By keeping them under control, the risk of heart attacks is decreased by 70%. 5. High B.P and Diabetes: Women having them may prone to heart attacks 3-7 times more. So it is well and good to keep them under control by following appropriate food habits, doing regular exercise and taking drugs regularly. The signs and symptoms of heart diseases: 1. Pain or weight in the chest, and it gradually extends to upper limbs, neck, to the facial bones containing the teeth, breathing becomes difficult, tiredness and sleeplessness (especially in women). Tests to be done: (if necessary) Stress test, CT scan, Angiogram, Cardiac MRI, etc. Management of the cases in women: 1. Balloon angioplasty or Stunting2. By- pass grafting. We can prevent more than 50% of heart diseases by changing our lifestyle and through regular screening. … [Read more...]
Health benefits of quitting smoking
Everybody knows that tobacco is injurious to our health; still one finds difficulty in getting rid of that bad habit. Tobacco makes men to become slaves to it. Unless one has got very strong will power, it is highly impossible to break the iron chains of smoking. Many stopped the smoking habit number of times and again they are falling prey to that habit. Health benefits if you stop smoking: 1. Blood pressure: (Usually smoke raises 10 mm hg of systolic Bp per one cigarette smoking). 20 minutes after stopping the smoking, Blood pressure returns to normal levels. 2. Carbon monoxide (CO): It is harmful to the body, presence in the blood falls to half of its previous levels within 8 hours after the stopping of smoking. Oxygen previously in low levels, reaches to normal levels. 3. Heart: The chances of prone to heart attack are decreased to a great extent after 48 hours of stopping the smoking. 4.Taste: Nicotine levels in the blood falls, and the taste buds on the tongue becomes more active and one able to taste the food properly, as like the non-smokers and like that feels the smells also. 5. Respiratory tract: The respiratory tubes begin to function normally, after 72 hours of stopping the smoking. 8. Energy levels in the body rises and the person feel to work in energetic manner. 9. Blood circulation is improved within 2 weeks after quitting smoking. 10. Function of the Lungs: It Improves by 10% from the present level within 3-9 months. Breathing troubles also will be decreased maximamly. 11. Chances of getting heart attacks will be lessened to 50% at the end of one year. 12. Chances of getting paralysis is almost becomes less, as observed in non- smokers. 13. Chances of getting cancer are also lessened within 10 years and they are equal to non-smokers. 14. After 15 years, the chances of getting heart attacks are nil, as found in non-smokers. Why delay, Say good –bye to that habit of tobacco smoking and be happy and be benefited as shown above. One might say-‘’Preaching is easy’’. Of course it is 100% correct. But see the golden sentence below. Golden word: ‘’ where there is a will there is a way’’. … [Read more...]
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