More About The Heart

More About The Heart Since it has been discovered that heart disease is the No. 1 Killer in women. It is good for us to learn to take good care of our hearts. We can start by learning what the warning signs for a heart attack are. Even though the symptoms can be different in both women and men.
 . Short Breath . Nausea . Vomiting . Shoulder pain . Chest Pain . Back Pain But there are also silent heart attacks, where blood flow to a section of the heart is blocked, caused by a lack of oxygen in the heart muscle. This is caused by a build up of plaque in the arteries. Whenever persons have these heart attacks they usually believe it is just a simple muscle pain because of to much exercise or over work, so they don't bother to go for a heart test.
 But health conscious people who have kept themselves active and people who have no other family members with heart problems, have had heart attacks . However if in your family there has been a number of relatives who died from the disease ,it doesn't mean you'll have it too. Because you can simply eat healthy, monitor your blood pressure, stay active, don't smoke, monitor your cholesterol, lose weight (if you need to). And you'll be able to live a long and healthy life.