Women have different symptoms than men. Chest pain and other chest related symptoms are the regular symptoms in men. Many women get them also.
But many women do not have chest pain. Almost 45% of the women have no chest pain.
The common heart attack symptoms in women include:
• Shortness of breath
• General weakness
• Unusual fatigue
• Upper abdominal pressure
• Pressure in the lower chest
• Back pain
• Nausea
• Dizziness
If you have the other risk factors like family history, type-2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high LDL-cholesterol and over weight you must go to your cardiologist immediately.
Monday, February 1, 2010
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It is interesting what do you write. But normally, if we take the US, the men:women heart diseases ratio is approximately 9.5% and 7%.
Women have few risk factors than men. But both work hard now-a-days throughout the world.
Men lament over too much if they have health problem, but women don't.
About India, the mother is silent because for most of them the treatment of their husbands are important. In conservative families the sons are ready to spend lot of money for the treatment of their fathers. When the mother have even serious health problems, the same son says go to the medical shop and buy few painkillers. If both are tested properly there will be same number of heart attacts or heart diseases in both... -
Dear Dr. KP.
You said it right from the angle of domestic logic which is prevalent with mother and father relationships in most of the families and especially in the committed conservative families. As you reiterated, mothers always use to hide their ailments, having either a fear to convey to her husband or even son or daughter. This they do,they think, are in the interest of others in the family they most concern.
Instead of going with this odd situation and the repercussions and complications leads to critical condition later on-
should avail and get used to the fast medical advancement and with the latest equipments and other easy operation techniques,they can bring about more prevention and control.Post-operative follow ups of medicines and diet restriction, regular but simple exercises can protect them to have control over the disease, in its turn, preserve their longer life.
All mothers should be aware of these facilities and should understand the emotions of their family members as well, and cooperate for an early detection of heart problems and subsequent treatment.They have to live for them and for their children.
Thank you Doctor,
Regards,
TV Narayanan -
Women's health is very important to the society. I don't agree what you said above here that the women must use the possibilities. I find it the duty of every man, husband or son or brother, must take care of the women in their family. If somebody suffers in the family normally we notice it immediately. We must handle immediately. Awareness is important here and I hope every man understands this.
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Dr.K.Padmanaban Ph.D
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Dear Dr.KP.,
The symptoms of heart-attack in women are many than compared with that of men. The reasons for heart-attacks in women you have pointed out,are true and the rate of heart-attacks is less when compared to men.
Men aggravate additional complication by their behavioral attitudes in consuming liquors,smoking and drugs and because of this they develop more of increase in Blood Pressure,obesity.In addition they might have back neck pain among other body pains and heavy sweating. These are not visible with women.Men are lack in physical exercise and they are subject to stress and strain. These mental phenomenon also cause them identify heart-attack symptoms.
Women, though they too are not habituated with the regular work-outs, at least their household operations on routine works help them to have the effect of some physical exercises. However, modern awareness are streamlined on work-outs by physiotherapists and yoga masters.Eating habits and dieting to have the balanced feed should also be carried out for avoiding such hear-attacks.
Thanks and Regards,
TV Narayanan
04.09.2919.