Tuesday, September 8, 2009

How does heart disease differ in men and women

How does heart disease differ in men and women?

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Women tend to get different symptoms during a heart attack than men. Instead of the crushing chest pain and tingling left arm that men feel during a heart attack, women usually feel chest pain that goes up to their neck and jaw (not the left arm). Sometimes, the woman doesn't feel so much chest pain, but feels more out of breath and has difficulty breathing. The tests doctors use to evaluate heart disease will also be different. According to new research, it has been found that women get clogged arteries in the smaller blood vessels (usually these blood vessels are the ones which supply the heart muscles with blood and oxygen), while men have blocked arteries in the bigger blood vessels. The angiograms doctors use to see the clogged arteries can only pick up the bigger blood vessels, and can't see the smaller blood vessels. So the doctor can not use angiograms to evaluate heart disease in women, because he wouldn't be able to see the smaller clogged blood vessels with an angiogram. The medical field still has to find new tests to evaluate heart disease in women. The reason women have smaller clogged blood vessels than men is because their blood vessels get coated evenly with the cholesterol plaque, while men's cholesterol plaques tend to clump up. A clumped up cholesterol plaque will get stuck in the larger blood vessels first, and that's why men will have their bigger blood vessels blocked by their cholesterol plaque. If the cholesterol plaque coats evenly inside the blood vessel, the smaller blood vessels will get clogged before the larger ones. This is why women have blockages in their smaller blood vessels.
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Before all the new research came out, traditionally, women were thought to be at risk for heart disease when they were over the age of 65, while men were at risk when they were over the age of 55. Also, the high density lipid (HDL) levels for women should be higher than men

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Friday, September 4, 2009

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If an 18 year old has had symptoms of heart disease for 8 months is it too late?
If they went to the doctor today would they be ok, or would the doctors say you are too late? SYMPTOMS: Tingly feeling in back Tiny wrinkles in back Wierd feeling in my whole body(like something is touching my bare skin but it is not) High BP also the right side of my chest used to be the same as my left now it is bigger
Heart Diseases - 3 Answers
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what symptoms have you had to make you think you have heart disease?
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First of all, it is not too late for anything. The other thing you should be made aware of are the typical risk factors for an heart disease. These include high blood pressure, smoking, being overweight, shortness of breath. You should see a doctor to ease your mind but you do not have these classic symptoms.
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The tingling symptoms you are saying are very interesting and should not alert you to think heart disease. High blood pressure can cause heart problems but usually does not mean heart disease. When an 18 year old has heart disease it is usually of congenital origin, meaning having it since birth. If you have concerns about your health, see your doctor. However, these symptoms are not highly suggestive of heart disease. Being "too late" would be something they would say if you died. Heart disease patients benefit from one thing, there is almost ALWAYS options to keep them alive, with the last straw being heart transplantation (very rare). However, cancer patients (such as most pancreatic cancer) may find out that it is too late

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Tuesday, September 1, 2009

What is the difference between Congestive Heart Failure and Coronary Artery Disease

What is the difference between Congestive Heart Failure and Coronary Artery Disease?
For all you really smart people out there: What is the difference between Congestive Heart Failure and Coronary Artery Disease?
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As an EMT I have been asked this question several times, and it always depends on the situation. In the event of Congestive Heart Failure, clots in arterial walls created by cholesterols or scars. As the heart pumps harder to move blood around these obstructions, it slowly weakens the muscle to the point where it stops completely. Coronary Artery Disease is very general. It can refer to multiple diseases. You are most likely referring to a coronary obstruction. In this process, a coronary artery is blocked, starving the heart's cells of oxygen and other nutrients. The body will shut the heart down and rapidly create new coronary arteries around the blockage. Unfortunately, during this rapid process, much of the heart muscle can die. In short, Congestive Heart Failure is the result of blockages going away from the heart, and a resultant weakening of the muscle. A Coronary Artery Blockage is a process in which the heart is weakened by shutting itself down while new coronary arteries are formed.
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http://www.adam.com/democontent/wci/articles/000013.htm Heart failure means your heart muscle does not pump as much blood as your body needs. Failure does not mean that your heart has stopped. It means that your heart is not pumping as well as it should. http://www.clevelandclinic.org/heartcenter/pub/guide/disease/cad/understandingcad.htm http://www.clevelandclinic.org/heartcenter/pub/guide/disease/cad/caddevelop.htm The coronary arteries supply your heart with blood, oxygen and nutrients. When blood flow through the coronary arteries becomes obstructed, it's known as coronary artery disease. Coronary artery disease is caused by the gradual buildup of fatty deposits in your coronary arteries (atherosclerosis). As the deposits slowly narrow your coronary arteries, your heart receives less blood. Eventually, diminished blood flow may cause chest pain (angina), shortness of breath or other symptoms. A complete blockage can cause a heart attack.
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CHF..heart fails as a pump and there are many causes. CAD..obstructed coronary arteries cause myocardial (heart muscle) dysfunction and is one cause of CHF.
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CHF means that the heart is becoming an ineffective pump. As a result, fluid starts backing up in to the lungs and body. CAD means that plaque buildup is narrowing the blood vessels supplying the heart, the precursor to having a heart attack
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This Patient Guide is written for the loved ones of heart patients who are dealing with the short-term stress that comes with a test, procedure or recent diagnosis of heart disease. It explains why support is so important to a loved one with heart disease. It also offers practical strategies on how to support a loved one while also taking care of yourself

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