National Woman’s Heart Day

Today’s National day focuses on a Woman’s Heart and its health. Red is the color of the day any way you can.  Wear a dress, shoes, pants, top or a hat whatever you have.

The goal is to raise awareness on women’s cardiovascular health and some differences between men and women’s hearts.

As a woman, your heart differs in a few ways.  Your heart’s size is a bit smaller in ratio as well as the density of the walls.  

Your heart also pumps a bit faster and your reaction to stress causes your blood to pump faster.   A man’s reaction causes the blood vessels to constrict and blood pressure to rise.

These differences can cause women to meet less frequently with their doctors about their hearts.  Additionally, you as a woman can experience different symptoms that could indicate a problem.  

After menopause your risk increases for heart disease.  (Men don’t have to deal with that.)

Your heart symptoms could go undetected as they are a bit different.  Your symptoms appear as brief pain in your upper back or abdomen, nausea, shortness of breath and sweating.

Women’s health issues can appear ten years later than men.  Is that because they put off having their heart’s checked out or do they miss signs?

You are likely to experience heart palpitations.  Stay on top of this.

Finally, men are more likely to experience sudden cardiac death but stay vigilant.

What’s key is to understand that it’s important for you as a woman to pay attention to your heart.  Meet with your medical professional and talk about signs of potential heart issues.

Private Home Health Care believes that knowledge is key to taking good care of yourself.  Today the focus is on women and their hearts and awareness.