National Heart Association Go Red For Women
Every year, nearly 218,000 American women die from heart disease. In fact, statistics show more women die from heart disease than from all cancers combined. In an effort to create more awareness, the American Heart Association dedicated Friday as national go red for women day.
Contrary to what most believe, there is no face to coronary heart disease.
“It really could happen to anybody. I’m a heart patient and I’m 35 years old. My mom died at 50 of a big heart attack and was 120 pounds and did not smoke.,” stated Cardiovascular Nurse at Gulf Coast Medical Center, Sommer Hoyt.
Many women believe heart disease is a “man’s disease” and tend to downplay symptoms. But statistics show in the last ten years, the number of men diagnosed with the deadly disease has declined.
“It looks like women have lagged behind ten years in the prevention of the disease. Most of the time, it is because of poor recognition or they can ignore they are not having a heart problem because it only happens to men,” stated Cardiologist at Gulf Coast Medical Center, Dinesh Bhatt.
In recognition of national go red for women day Friday, Gulf Coast Medical Center hospital staff did the “don’t miss a beat call 911″ dance.
“It’s a jingle that once it’s in your head, you cannot get it out,” stated Hoyt.
So catchy, it made at least one woman realize she was experiencing the signs.
“A hospital employee here during the time of learning the dance, realized that she was having symptoms mimicking heart disease and was in and was taken care of and indeed had heart disease,” stated Hoyt.
Creating awareness about the symptoms is most important because women do not experience the classic symptoms.
“Women mostly present with what we call atypical symptoms which usually means that you do not have chest pains or chest discomfort. Most of their symptoms are very weak symptoms, or tiredness, shortness of breath, sometimes just not feeling well,” stated Bhatt.
Warning signs of heart disease in women include stomach pains, nausea, and shortness of breath, dizziness and tiredness.
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