Like men, heart diseases in women are also increasing at an alarming rate. Factually, heart diseases in women is the leading cause of death amongst women aged more than 65. American women are more prone to heart diseases than breast cancer. Unlike men, women develop problems related to the heart later in life, and by the age of 65, a woman's risk of suffering from heart ailments is almost similar to that of a man. According to facts, women are less likely to survive heart attacks as compared to men, but the reason is still unknown. One cause might be that women do not seek or receive treatment as are done by men. Another cause might be that since women's have smaller hearts and blood vessels that gets more easily damaged than men. Doctors are still trying to find the answer that why women have the less possibilities of surviving heart attacks.
Heart diseases in women and men are caused by factors like age, family history, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and smoking. One needs to be very careful about the lifestyle, general health and family history.
| If this is done then both you and your family physician can get the opportunity to assess your risk and make plans beforehand for avoiding the potential problems. Although nothing much can be done to avoid the factors like age and family history, still precautions can be taken. Moreover, a healthy lifestyle can also help in avoiding the other risk factors related to women heart diseases. Cardiovascular diseases like stroke, heart attack, etc. prove to be devastating to women also, like men. |
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Actually, coronary heart disease that causes heart attack is factually proven to be the cause of death for women in America. Though many women believe cancer to be more threatening, they are proven wrong. The rate of the death of American women because of heart diseases and cardiovascular diseases is twice than those dying from breast cancer and other types of cancer.
Regarding the risk factors for heart diseases in women, doctors all over the world pointed out the following reasons: (1) Increasing age raises the possibilities of heart disease and stroke. (2) Heredity that increases the possibility of developing heart disease. (3) Previous heart attack or stroke that increases the risk of having a second heart attack. (4) A transient ischemic attack (TIA) or a "mini stroke" also plays the role of a risk factor and forecaster of stroke in both men and women.
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