Whenever we talk about cardiovascular disease risk prevention, we often remind men that they should pay more attention to the control and prevention of risk, and relevant statistics also show that in terms of cardiovascular disease, especially in the incidence of acute cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events such as myocardial infarction, the incidence of males is higher than that of women, but for female friends, they should also pay attention to the risks associated with cardiovascular health, in addition to the common risks of coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction, stroke and other common risks brought by atherosclerosis, women in cardiovascular health, There are also certain differences with men. Today's popular science article, let's talk to you about some cardiovascular health knowledge that women should know more.
The same is coronary heart disease angina, and the symptoms are different in men and women
From a physiological point of view, women's hearts are smaller than men's, muscle walls are thinner, blood vessels are narrower than men's, generally speaking, when women's cardiovascular narrowing, or even meet the criteria of coronary heart disease, often symptoms are more hidden, more difficult to detect, in terms of typical symptoms, there is also a big difference with men.
The typical symptoms of coronary heart disease are chest pain, and the timing of chest pain attacks in women with coronary heart disease problems is different from that of men, and male coronary heart disease angina occurs during strenuous activities, and many female coronary heart disease patients have angina more during rest after activity, and mental pressure is more likely to induce angina problems in women.
In addition, women with coronary heart disease angina often have atypical symptoms, such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, difficulty sleeping, tiredness and lack of energy. If you are a high-risk group of coronary heart disease, and you often have the above symptoms, accompanied by chest tightness and shortness of breath and other symptoms, it is very necessary to seek medical attention to check the health of the coronary arteries in time.
3 cardiovascular disease problems, more common in women than in men
Although the proportion of common cardiovascular and cerebrovascular health problems such as coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction, stroke and so on is usually higher than that of women, the risk of other cardiovascular health problems in women is higher than that of men, and the following 3 disease problems are worthy of special attention by female friends.
1. Spontaneous coronary artery dissection
This disease refers to a serious disease problem caused by the tearing of the inner wall of coronary arteries, this vascular dissection problem will slow down and block the blood flow, and lead to severe chest pain symptoms, and the dull pain of angina, the feeling of squeezing is different, the chest pain caused by the aortic dissection is a sharp pain like a knife cut, the degree of pain is more serious, and it needs to be treated quickly, otherwise it may be life-threatening.
Although this disease is not common, the proportion of female patients accounts for more than three-quarters, especially the recent delivery of perinatal women, is a high-risk group of cardiovascular disease, if the relevant symptoms, should be treated in time, do not delay.
2. Heartbreak syndrome
This is a stressful cardiomyopathy problem that occurs more likely in women than in men. It is usually a disease problem that occurs after an event that triggers a major change in mood, such as the death of a family member or a divorce, due to the impact of huge stress and emotional fluctuations, resulting in the sudden release of a large number of stress hormones, which has a serious impact on the normal activity of the heart muscle.
When heartbreak syndrome occurs, it is usually accompanied by chest pain, shortness of breath, dyspnea can occur acute symptoms, through reasonable treatment, rest, counseling, usually can be fully recovered, but if can not be timely relief and improvement, it may also bring about myocardial infarction, heart failure and other disease problems.
3. Cardiovascular neurosis
Vascular neurosis refers to a neurological syndrome problem characterized by symptoms related to cardiovascular disease without organic lesions of the heart and blood vessels. Compared with men, the proportion of cardiovascular neuroses in women is higher, especially many female friends who are in menopause and postmenopausal, the probability of cardiovascular neurosis is higher.
Cardiovascular neurosis is a disease problem caused by autonomic disorders, increased sympathetic excitability, usually there is no accurate diagnostic indicator to judge, but through the exclusion of possible related diseases after the diagnosis. For the conditioning and improvement of cardiovascular neurosis, on the one hand, it is necessary to do a good job in psychological counseling and maintain a healthy lifestyle from life, on the other hand, for the situation that there is a problem of excessive heart rate, it can also be based on heart rate control drugs such as β receptor blockers to strengthen control.
5 categories of women should pay more attention to the risk of cardiovascular disease
Regarding the risk of cardiovascular disease in women, it is very important to identify their own risk factors and risk stratification, and some female friends, first than others, should pay more attention to the risk of cardiovascular disease.
Postmenopausal women. Women with the symptoms of age, will experience ovarian function decline perimenopause, and eventually enter the menopause period, due to the lack of estrogen protection, the aging of the female body will accelerate, blood pressure, blood lipids, blood sugar and other metabolic indicators of the probability of problems is also higher, therefore, postmenopausal women, should pay more attention to the control of cardiovascular disease risk, on the one hand, pay attention to the active control of the three highs, on the other hand, but also to do a good job in healthy life, good attitude adjustment and long-term maintenance.
Women with chronic inflammation. Whether it is rheumatoid arthritis, or some other systemic inflammatory diseases, if it can not be completely controlled, long-term inflammatory response will affect blood vessel health and increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, which deserves special attention. Exercising, quitting smoking, and adding drugs to control inflammation (but be careful to use as few hormonal drugs as possible) are all important.
Women with chronic anxiety, depression. The effects of these bad emotions can double a woman's risk of cardiovascular disease, and bad emotions have a greater impact on women's heart health than men. These bad emotions can make it difficult to be active and ignore potential health problems, and constant stress and anxiety can also put stress on the heart itself. Therefore, it is also important to actively seek help and control bad emotional problems such as anxiety and depression.
Women with diabetes. Diabetes is an important chronic disease that carries a risk of cardiovascular disease. Women with diabetes are twice as likely to develop heart disease compared to non-diabetics. High blood sugar affects and slows the carrying and supply of oxygen in the blood and accelerates the development of atherosclerosis. Another risk factor is that women with diabetes may have a greater chance of having obesity problems and having both high blood pressure and high blood lipid problems. Therefore, it is very important to actively do a good job of diet, exercise, coupled with rational medication, and active control of weight and blood sugar.
Women who are too thin. We always remind women with obesity problems to pay attention to the risk of cardiovascular disease, but in fact, if they are too slim, they should also pay attention to the risk of cardiovascular disease. In particular, women who weigh significantly less than normal weight and are accompanied by risk factors such as high blood pressure, high blood lipids, and smoking are also at higher risk of heart disease. Therefore, women love beauty, and it is not the thinner the better, sometimes in the normal weight range, slightly fat is a healthier body type.
The relevant women's heart health knowledge introduced above is helpful for female friends to understand their own cardiovascular disease risks and actively control and regulate cardiovascular health risks. We also welcome everyone to actively forward and share, so that more people in need can see the relevant health knowledge, let us work together to spread reliable health science knowledge.