Chinese Association of Idaho State University (CAISU)
What Are the Characteristics of Heart Disease?
Given the prevalence of CHD among women, it has been predicted that older female heart patients will contribute disproportionately to an already increasing population of elderly people with disabilities. This subpopulation may provide a significant challenge for public health policy makers. The paucity of studies that concentrate on the unique needs of women with CHD renders interventions tailored toward women's experiences imperative. The issue of women's health has long been neglected. This statement applies to many medical areas, but it has become most evident in the field of cardiology. Cardiology has traditionally been a medical specialty that seemed to be created by men, for men.
Male patients have been visible and dominant in every aspect of cardiology from research to clinical care (e. G., in coronary care units). In this context it is easy to understand why most women believe they will die from cancer rather than from heart problems and do not pay much attention on alerts referring to the connection between stress and cardiovascular diseases. Heart diseases are the leading cause of death for women, as it is for men. Women are quite frequently encountered in the cardiology department, have been getting less attention or visibility than do most men. Reproductive hormones protect women temporarily against atherosclerosis, therefore, heart diseases become clinically prominent when women are older. Men suffer from this illness approximately ten years before women.
Today, though, our habits and way of life has changed significantly; women work and raise their children at the same time. They have to keep up with several different roles, being in stressful conditions all the time. Psychological and physical problems are caused by constant stress; the adrenaline surge that goes with stressful situations is rarely channeled properly and is released in bursts of physical exertion that exhaust the heart and the body. If your doctor informs you that you have high levels of cholesterol levels or raised triglycerides, then these are your first signs of heart disease. But, even then, it is not too late to turn your life around.
Cholesterol is one of the main contributors to coronary heart disease. It causes the blocking up of, and narrowing of, the arteries. This deprives the heart of oxygen, causing it to have trouble pumping blood around the body. Consider it being something like an exertion injury and what that can do to other muscles in your body. It will cause it to harden and form scar tissue over time. Most people who have coronary heart disease don't realize they that they do have it until it is too late, even though it only takes some very basic medical tests to show the signs like raised triglycerides and high cholesterol levels. Some people can suffer from angina pectoris, which is a medical term for a discomfort, aching, or pain in the chest, arms, back or even the jaw. This pain often feels much like indigestion, though it does not occur just after meal.
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