Dr. David Holt talks about additonal risk factors.
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German New Medicine Explains Heart Attacks
Why are men more susceptible than women to heart attacks?
I’ve looked on-line, but I can’t find the physiological reasons why men are more susceptible than women to heart attacks. Why is this please?
The instances of heart attacks is more in males simply because women are protected by the oestrogen hormone. Oestrogen stabilises and protects the lining of the arteries. After women reach the menopause the instance of heart attacks converge to roughly the same as men because once a women reaches the menopause the oestrogen levels decrease.
There are other factors, but this is the main factor.
Liars -The Other Side Of Mt. Heart Attack (Album Version)
Video for The Other Side Of Mt. Heart Attack (Album Version) directed by Julian Gross
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For heart attacks and women, does heartburn start off mild and comes and goes, or is it strong and sudden?
Some women don’t get heartburn when it comes to heart attacks. I’m talking about the ones that do.
Common signs and symptoms of a heart attack include:
Pressure, fullness or a squeezing pain in the center of your chest that lasts for more than a few minutes
Pain extending beyond your chest to your shoulder, arm, back, or even to your teeth and jaw
Increasing episodes of chest pain
Prolonged pain in the upper abdomen
Shortness of breath
Sweating
Impending sense of doom
Fainting
Nausea and vomiting
Signs and symptoms of a heart attack in women may be different or less noticeable than heart attack symptoms in men. In addition to the symptoms above, heart attack symptoms in women can include:
Abdominal pain or "heartburn"
Clammy skin
Lightheadedness or dizziness
Unusual or unexplained fatigue
Not all people who have heart attacks experience the same ones or experience them to the same degree. Many heart attacks aren’t as dramatic as the ones you’ve seen on TV. Some people have no symptoms at all. Still, the more signs and symptoms you have, the greater the likelihood that you may be having a heart attack.
A heart attack can occur anytime — at work or play, while you’re resting, or while you’re in motion. Some heart attacks strike suddenly, but many people who experience a heart attack have warning signs and symptoms hours, days or weeks in advance. The earliest predictor of an attack may be recurrent chest pain (angina) that’s triggered by exertion and relieved by rest. Angina is caused by temporary, insufficient blood flow to the heart, also known as "cardiac ischemia."
THE HEART ATTACKS on CAPITAL CHAOS 2007
THE HEART ATTACKS on CAPITAL CHAOS 2007 We’re a gang of pirate gypsy crackhead smart-mouthed snot-nosed rock & roll misfits, snaps Chase, lead singer for The Heart Attacks, Atlanta’s eminent scuzz rock quintet. Confident, energetic and downright bonkers, the men behind the Lars (Rancid, Bastards) Frederiksen-produced Hellbound And Heartless have already put their lives on the line for rock & roll glory. But more on that shortly. http://www.myspace.com/theheartattacks
When he first saw us, Tim said he thought we looked like a gang or something, the singer laughs. And we sort of are. We’re all like 20 or 21 and we make terrible decisions. We do some of the most ridiculous shit. We’re pretty reckless. We act without regard, like we’re 13 or something. http://www.hell-cat.com/artists/artist/216/The_Heart_Attacks
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Heart attacks and drinking cold water during a meal?
The whole thing sounds like bogus info to me. Could it possibly be true that drinking hot or warm water, tea, etc. while and just after eating could prevent heart attacks?
I got a chain email about that a while ago. I don’t think that theres any evidence to back it up but I haven’t looked to deeply into it. physiologically it doesn’t really make much sense. if you want to prevent a heart attack eat right and exercise regularly. ( though it may aid in digestion- who knows)
Why do the recommend low doses of aspirin to help prevent heart attacks?
I dont have heart issues but I do have anxiety issues. Anxiety attacks feel like heart attacks so I have been told. I have had a few tests on my heart while having anxiety attacks and luckily my problem is just anxiety. However, my docs still tell me to take a low dose of aspirin daily. What does the aspirin do to help with heart health? How does it work and exactly what does it do to help prevent heart attacks?
The use of preventive dose of aspirin given on daily basis is a controversial subject, more so because in a few cases it can cause life-threatening gastro-intestinal bleeding( a medico colleague of mine had it and and since gave it up) Do the beneft out weigh the risks, especially for normal individuals with no predisposition of cardiac illness.
The question of whether prophylactic aspirin protects individuals at low risk of cardiovascular disease keeps being asked (though the exact dose at which it effective keeps being overlooked). Bandolier 86 carried a review examining the risks and benefits of aspirin use that looked at both coronary events prevented and harmful bleeds produced. The balance tipped from benefit to harm when the annual risk of a cardiovascular event was below 1%. Primary prevention is probably worthwhile at coronary risks of 1.5% a year or more, risks and benefits are balanced at an annual risk of 1%, and aspirin use is unsafe when the risk is 0.5% or less.
Low risk was defined as having no more than one of a list of risk factors, including hypertension, high cholesterol or LDL, family history, smoking, diabetes, age over 45 years in men and 55 in women, angina, and past cardiovascular events.
Drug linked to heart attacks
A senate report concludes the diabetes drug Avandia is linked to tens of thousands of heart attacks.
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Why do heart attacks often happen so suddenly?
Why do heart attacks often happen so suddenly? I’ve heard of stories where one minute a person can be fine and the next minute he/she can literally "drop dead" from a heart attack.
As a rule, they don’t actually happen all that suddenly. We just ignore the symptoms or try to pass them off as something like heartburn.
However, in a case like that where a person is dead so quickly…
Its most likely because an artery was blocked up completely and very quickly. This would probably occur because of blood clots in the veins. Dick Cheney for example was diagnosed with this problem. His blood is too "thick," and the platelets that congeal to form scabs were forming scabs inside the veins and arteries.
Most likely they have too much cholesterol and it catches those platelets. They form together into a "scab" or more accurately a blood clot. The clot breaks away and travels in the blood stream as long as it doesn’t catch anywhere.
Those that have such a quick heart attack probably had one of those clots catch somewhere and block up the whole system. Without any blood reaching the heart, the heart starts losing oxygen. It realizes a problem and pumps as hard as it can to break through, which only shoots the blood pressure way high. The heart overworks and stops immediately. This is usually when the person collapses and dies.
CPR can help. But until that blockage is broken through, most likely oxygen will not get to the heart. It stays dead and eventually the person can’t be resuscitated.
Football player has heart attack but survives!
Anthony Van Loo (Roeselare Belgian first division) got a heart attack in the 44th minute of the game. He has a heart condition and he got an implanted defibrillator. This automatically gave his heart a shock after 4 seconds (that’s the movement you see) and this saved him.
P.S.: I am not a doctor so… heart attack, cardiac arrest, or whatever it may be the point is: HIS HEART HAS STOPPED but he survived it due to the built-in gizmo.
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