Heart Disease in Women: The Number One Killer

Women’s heart disease is not thought of being as prevalent as men’s heart disease by the general public. We need to look at the fact to understand the seriousness of heart disease in women. Recent studies indicate that more than 8 million American women are currently living with heart disease. In fact, heart disease is the leading cause of death of American women and more women than men die of heart disease each year.

Heart disease in women, if present, can be as easily diagnosed and treated as in men. And as with men, the key to staying healthy is prevention. Women often engage in several risk factors throughout their lifetime that contribute to heart disease just as men do. Risk factors that increase the risk of heart disease in women and men include cigarette smoking, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, not being active, diabetes and obesity.

Women’s heart disease follows risk factors that need to be avoided as much as possible because women are so susceptible to the disease. Heart disease in women doesn’t need to be as much of an epidemic it has become. A few lifestyle changes will allow all women to live long and healthy lives without the risk for heart disease.

There are some risk factors that increase heart disease risk in women that can’t be helped. Age, heredity, and the effects of menopause are some. With this knowledge, women should arm themselves with information that will help them know just what they are dealing with.

Heart disease in women shouldn’t have such a high morality rate.

When a woman makes a few lifestyle changes such as exercising regular and often, eating a diet low in saturated fats, quitting smoking and making stress levels low, she can drastically reduce the risk of heart disease. Not only heart disease risk will be lowered but also so will the risk of other diseases.

Heart disease in women does claim many lives each and every year but the disease is manageable and it’s preventable. Women need to study and learn as much as they can about heart disease. Not many women realize that they have such a high possibility of getting heart disease. It’s important that they know that they have as great if not greater risk of getting the disease than men. With knowledge, women will have a step up on this horrible disease and, maybe one day, heart disease in women will be a thing of the past.

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