Blurred vision is sometimes viewed as a prelude to heart failure. It could also mean you need to visit with your optician! If you are worried that you are at risk for a heart attack or stroke, then you should know the early warning signs and when to seek medical help! Being aware and knowledgeable about cardiovascular disease and stroke is the first step towards saving your life and reducing the chance of any form disabilities from heart disease and stroke.
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Is Your Vision Blurry? Could You Be Having a Heart Attack?
August 29th, 2010 — heart attack
Understanding Atherosclerosis – The Silent Killer
August 21st, 2010 — Arteriosclerotic, heart attack
Atherosclerosis is a condition in which fatty material builds up along the walls of the arteries. Eventually, this build-up leads to hardening and narrowing of the arteries. It is a silent and progressive disease which blocks the arteries over time. It is this blockage that is responsible for the majority of strokes, heart attacks and peripheral vascular disease. Continue reading →
Am I at Risk For Heart Disease and is There Anything I Can Do About It?
July 13th, 2010 — Heart Disease, heart attack
Many of us are aware that the number one cause of death amongst people nowadays is heart disease. Although this statistic used to apply only to men and people of a certain age, it now also applies to women and the prevalence of heart disease seems to be increasing amongst young people. There are many factors which can increase your risk of contracting heart disease. If you are wondering, “am I at risk for heart disease?”, this article may be able to help answer your question.
A great way to find out if you are currently at risk of getting heart disease is to visit your doctor. The general recommendation is that you visit your general practitioner twice a year if you are in good health. Continue reading →
After Heart Attack Work Life – How Can You Deal With Short Term Memory Problems?
May 21st, 2010 — Heart Disease, heart attack
After your heart attack you may find that some of the medications you are taking to protect your heart interfere with your short term memory. In most cases this is more of a nuisance than a major problem. After all, who hasn’t walked into a room and forgotten why they went in there? In the workplace this can become far more than just a nuisance or personal frustration. In your workplace, how many times a day does your supervisor fly by, spew out five or six things that have to get done yesterday and then disappear…expecting them all to get done perfectly…and yesterday?
Before I go on let me introduce myself in case you have not read any of my other articles. I am not a medical professional by any stretch of the imagination. I have no medical or related credentials at all. In fact, the only qualification I have is that I am living this myself. Everything in here is simply my experience and my opinion. It is my sincere desire that my words help you in some way but please do not wander off the path set by the professionals around your case or set by your own good judgment. My experience is simply that I had a severe heart attack at 44 years old and have been regearing my life and learning a new way of being in the world and working. These articles are my way of sharing my experiences with you in the hope that you find some nugget of value to you in your own unique situation.
The first thing I have to say to you about the solution to this problem is simple. Do not solve it by reducing or stopping your medication. It is protecting your heart while it is healing to the extent it can and helping to protect it from further damage. I assure you…another heart attack will be far more disruptive to your work and livelihood than some problems with your memory. There are three simple disciplines you can develop to help you overcome this short term memory difficulty at work. These disciplines are to take notes, repeat important points to yourself and request e-mailed or written work task assignments.
Life After a Severe Heart Attack – Can You Safely Have a Normal Work Life?
May 6th, 2010 — Heart Disease, heart attack
By David Herman
Once you have had a severe heart attack your outlook and your life undergo many radical changes…or at least probably should. While you cannot do anything about the genetic component of your vulnerability to heart attacks there is a great deal you can do about the lifestyle part. Before I go on, allow me to introduce myself so that you know who is writing to you. My name is David Herman and I am not a doctor by any stretch of the imagination. I have no medical credentials at all. In fact, the only qualification I have is that I am living this myself. Everything in here is simply my experience and my opinion. It is my sincere desire that my words help you in some way but please do not wander off the path set by the professionals around your case or set by your own good judgment. I had a severe heart attack at 44 years old, resulting in a fair amount of permanent heart damage. My career, while something I loved to do, was highly stressful, required very long hours for success and the lack of time and focus available for other areas of my life left me very off balance, alone, unhealthy and vulnerable to a heart attack. I did not know or feel any of that at the time. All I knew was that I was doing well in my career and working to build a solid future.
Then, out of the blue (not really but it felt that way to me at the time), heart attack! As the days after stretched on, I was not initially getting any stronger and the medication side effects seemed to weaken and scatter me even further. I simply had zero ability to do my work and when I tried, up shot the blood pressure and on came the pressure and pain in my chest. This situation was not exactly in line with the demands of my work. Within a month or two I had lost the vast majority of my clients. They were nice about it but they moved on to consultants that could produce what they needed when they needed it. I do not blame them. Quite frankly I would have done the same back then.
The Best Fish Oil Supplement For Cholesterol, Triglycerides and Heart Health
April 16th, 2010 — Heart Disease, Vitamin and Supplement, heart attack
When we grow older, we also have high risk to suffer from some serious disease. This is related to the weak of your body health. One of common disease that usually attacks people due to bad living style is heart attack. Heart attack is usually attacked people that aged over 30.This disease comes because of the high accumulation of cholesterol. Usually it is got from unhealthy menu, bad behaviors, such as smoking and drinking, and also lack of exercises. It is a dangerous disease that has no medicine for the patients. It also becomes the highest cause of death for many people.
How to Control Your Cholesterol Levels
April 5th, 2010 — Heart Disease, cholesterol, heart attack
One of the important things to keep a healthy heart and lowering your risk of heart attack is by maintaining your cholesterol levels at normal range. To maintain your cholesterol levels, it is important that you watch the foods that you eat and be sure that you are reducing or if possible stay away from food high in cholesterol.
It is true that the body does require some amount of good cholesterol for some of its basic processes, but all this necessary cholesterol could be made by the body on its own. We do not require consuming a lot of foods high in cholesterol to assist our system out. As a matter of fact, what we need to do is assist our body eliminates the excess cholesterol by eating healthier foods.
How to Decrease Your Chances of a Stroke
March 21st, 2010 — Stroke, heart attack
It’s known as a silent killer because you never know when you will be affected by it. For those who think they are not at risk you need to get serious about it and find out more about strokes and if you are at risk. Your doctor will be able to give you all this information based on your past medical history, family history, and you’re over all health. Statistics show that someone has a stroke every 45 seconds in the United States alone.
Know your family history. If your parents had a stroke your chance of having one increases because there is something genetic that can be passed down to you that may cause a stroke. A stoke can happen when the blood flow is suddenly stopped in the brain. This can cause permanent damage that cannot be reversed.
Heart Attack – Are You at Risk?
March 15th, 2010 — heart attack
Cardiovascular disease, once considered a ‘man’s disease,’ is the # 1 killer of women in Canada and worldwide. Women are 10 times more likely to die from cardiovascular disease than from any other disease and cardiovascular disease kills more women 65 years of age + than all cancers combined.
Since only 1 in 8 women are aware of these facts, heart attacks often go unnoticed in women. Women don’t believe they are having a heart attack and think that their symptoms will go away on their own. This lack of awareness contributes to more women than men dying from a heart attack.
There are several risk factors for heart disease. Some can’t be controlled but many can.
Can Vitamin D Cut Your Risk of a Heart Attack?
February 20th, 2010 — heart attack
Did you know that among its many attributes, Vitamin D can contribute to:
• Immune system regulation
• Healthy body weight
• Multiple Sclerosis prevention
• Healthy brain function
• Rheumatoid arthritis prevention
• Cancer prevention
And that’s not all… Recent studies show that there may even be a connection between vitamin D and heart health.
"D" Heart of the Matter
One study showed that people extremely low in vitamin D were twice as likely to suffer a heart attack, heart failure, or stroke within five years, when compared to people with higher levels. Those who seemed to be at greatest risk were people with high blood pressure. So, only those lacking in vitamin D need to be concerned about their hearts? That may sound like good news, but unfortunately a huge portion of the U.S. population doesn’t get enough vitamin D. And that might include you!
