It is always said that men were more prone to heart and instead are more women running this risk. Child-bearing age women are protected by estrogen, but when it comes to the menopause the female body undergoes changes: cholesterol that increases bad (LDL) and lowers the good (HDL), the weight gain, increased blood pressure and diabetes can occur. Therefore, in cases of female heart attack and stroke increases progressively with advancing years to exceed those of men. The latest Istat data confirm that cardiovascular disease accounted for 44% of the causes of deaths in women compared to 33% in men, but despite this, the conditions are still considered male. Women are disadvantaged in protecting their health due to some socio-cultural character: do housework, care for their children, have a job outside the home, the tendency to worry about before the problems of others than their own, make that the woman is subject to constant states of stress. Hence the development of a handbook in "pink" to protect the hearts of women and prevention of myocardial infarction. Considering that accurate information is the basis of prevention, the Plan emphasizes the importance of a healthy lifestyle, adequate drug therapy in presence of the waste as cardiovascular risk factors hypertension, diabetes, 'cholesterol, also gives indications of the typical menopausal disorders: hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes, osteoporosis, ...
One thing that troubles us is that women suffering from acute myocardial infarction have higher mortality because their risk is underestimated by physicians and therefore receive fewer diagnostic tests, as well as a suitable negotiating with the drugs to prevent cardiovascular diseases such as aspirin, statins and beta blockers.
(as Mayor and services)
(as Mayor and services)
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