Healthy Living Tips, Nutrition And Healthy Living Guide

By Irwan Lee

Despite of being feared most, breast cancer is not the biggest killer of Women.

For decades heart disease and heart attacks have been viewed as a man’s illness. Most women mistakenly perceive breast cancer as the most fear diseases, their biggest enemy and the no.1 killer of women. They concern themselves and know how to do self breast examination for lumps and will seek medical check up every now and then to protect them from the disease.

But sadly to know… do they aware that it is not breast cancer that kills women the most?

So what kill most of the women?

According to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute the number one cause of female death is heart disease with 365,000 deaths not breast cancer as being feared the most by all women.

Women suffer different heart attack symptoms than men, yet too often, most of women tend to ignore for cardiovascular disease because they don’t consider heart disease a significant, personal health threat and seek emergency medical help later than men when symptoms occur increasing the chance of dying or having major damage from a heart attack or stroke.

Further, women tend to be about 10 years older than men when they have a heart attack. They are more likely to have other diseases, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, and congestive heart failure–making it all the more vital that they get proper treatment fast.

Here are the Top 5 Killers of Women:

• Heart Disease with 365,000
• Stroke with 100,000
• Lung Cancer with 68,000
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with 64,000 and
• Breast Cancer with 42,000

Spread the words and let all women you love to know findings by the American Heart Association:

• Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women, more than deaths from breast cancer and lung cancer combined.
• 1 in 29 women dies of breast cancer. About 1 in 2.4 women dies of heart disease, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases.
• 38 percent of women compared with 25 percent of men will die within one year after a heart attack.
• Of all deaths from cardiovascular disease in the U.S., more than 53 percent occur in women.
• Although heart disease strikes postmenopausal women most often, it also kills 10,000 U.S. women under age 50 each year
• Cardiovascular disease (CVD) kills nearly half a million women a year, about one per minute.
• 1 in 5 women has some form of cardiovascular disease.
• One in four females and one in four males in the United States suffers from a form of CVD
• 64% percent of women who died suddenly of coronary heart disease had no previous symptoms.
• Stroke is the No. 2 cause of death for American women and is a leading cause of serious, long-term disability.
• Black and Hispanic women have higher risk factors than white women of comparable socioeconomic status.
• Only 13 percent of women believe heart disease and stroke are the greatest health threat to women.

Important facts women should know about heart disease:

• As with men, women’s most common heart attack symptom is discomfort in the center of the chest that lasts more than a few minutes or goes away and comes back. It can feel like uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, fullness or pain. But women often experience some other common symptoms, such as pain or pressure anywhere in the chest, jaw, neck, upper back, shoulders, arms and be accompanied by persistent shortness of breath, nausea/vomiting, and sweating. Women also may experience fatigue, indigestion and abdominal discomfort.
• High blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes are common causes of heart disease.
• Other factors that increase a woman’s risk include smoking, obesity, oral contraceptive use after age 35, and an endocrine disorder known as polycystic ovarian syndrome.
• Heart disease risk increases with age, but it can occur any time. Typically, though, it occurs 10 years later in women than men, after menopause. Women’s natural production of estrogen prior to menopause protects them against heart disease.
• Women’s hearts are different than men’s. Women’s heart muscles, as well as the vessels supplying it, tend to be smaller. Therefore, blockages in smaller arteries don’t always show up on tests.

Women can do a lot on their own to preserve their heart health.

Tips to reduce the risk of heart disease:

• Maintain a desirable weight. Keep body mass index (BMI) below 25 and waistline less than 35 inches.
• Exercise for 30 minutes on most days of the week.
• Don’t smoke; if you do try to quit.
• Eat a balanced diet (fruits, vegetables, cereal and grain products, fat-free and low-fat dairy products, legumes, nuts, fish, poultry and lean meat).
• Maintain a total cholesterol level under 200 and an HDL level of 50 or higher.
• Control your blood pressure, ideally below 120/80.
• Schedule regular medical check ups with your doctor.

If you or your friend are experiencing chest discomfort, especially with one or more of the other heart attack signs, don’t wait before calling for help. Call 911. Get to a hospital right away!

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