Friday 28 June 2019

What do you need to know about Heart Diseases in Women??

Heart Disease is a term that includes the overall spectrum of all disorders including Arrhythmias, Ventricular Fibrillation. heart defects or hardening or aortas and so on. It is often thought of a man's disease, but surprising to that it is also very common among the women. Although only one in five women in America believe heart disease is the greatest threat to their health, heart disease is actually the number one cause of death for women in America.

Some common facts for heart disease in women:
Women have a 50% higher chance than men of receiving the wrong initial diagnosis following a heart attack. Almost 80% of heart disease and stroke events may be prevented by lifestyle change and education.

There are a number of risk factors for heart diseases with age being a significant one. other factors include smoking, poor diet, stress which add on to this. Research shows that Hypertension is one of the major factors for heart diseases.


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