Helpful Facts to Get Over Heartbreak By Dr Vanita Arora

1. Cure for High Blood Pressure – Once you have High BP you cannot cure it. You can only Control it by Medical Therapy & life style management like-

• Decrease salt intake in food, avoid foods with high salts like aachar , papad, chatni, bhujiya, bakery products, namkeen.
• Regular exercise, weight control
• Reduce stress
• Relaxation exercises- Yoga

2.     Ways to identify Female Heart Attack Symptoms "Women are less likely than men to receive the appropriate treatment after a heart attack and are more likely than men to die in the first year after a heart attack"

Women don’t always get the classic heart attack symptoms like crushing chest pain that radiates to left arm. Women experience vague or even silent symptoms that go amiss.

The common symptoms in women are-

• Chest discomfort which feels like squeezing or fullness. Pain maybe anywhere in chest and very uncomfortable.

• Pain in the arms, back, neck or jaw. Pain may be gradual or sudden. It may wax and wane before becoming severe.

• Stomach pain like heartburn

• Shortness of breath, nausea, belching, indigestion, lightheadedness

• Unexplained sweating, sudden nervous stress related cold sweating

• Fatigue, feeling extremely tired in chest, unable to do simple activities

Not everyone gets all these symptoms.

3.      What are the symptoms of Heart Murmur?

• Breathless
• Heaviness over the chest 
• Palpitations

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5.      Be Wary of these Symptoms, You could be Experiencing Heart Failure

• Breathlessness
• Generalised anasarca or Oedema or water retention in body or puffiness
• Feeling Out of Breath
• Unable to sleep lying flat at night
• Decreased urinary output
• Early fatigue
• Decreased energy
• Decreased activity level

6.      How to Treat Heart Diseases in Women

A woman is more than ten times as likely to die of cardiovascular disease as she is to die of breast cancer. This is partly due to the fact that the survival rate for breast cancer is quite high, whereas over 40% of women do not survive their first heart attack. This makes heart disease prevention a national priority.

7.      What Causes Tachycardia

It is the faster beat of the heart. It can be caused because of an extra electrical connection wire in the heart. There occurs cross connection of the normal electrical wiring system with this extra wire, causing electrical short circuiting which causes tachycardia

8.      Habits that reduce the Risk of Heart Problem Maintain a healthy weight

If you are overweight, losing weight can help lower your total cholesterol and LDL ("bad cholesterol") levels. Calculate your BMI to see if you are at a healthy weight. If not, try making small changes like eating an apple instead of potato chips, taking the stairs instead of the elevator, or parking farther away from the entrance to your office, the grocery store, or the mall.
Eat better. Eat foods low in saturated fats, trans fats, and cholesterol. Start by adding more fruits, vegetables, and whole grains to your diet.

Healthy food choices and physical activity are important to staying at a healthy weight:

Each week, aim to get at least 2 hours and 30 minutes of moderate physical activity, 1 hour and 15 minutes of vigorous physical activity, or a combination of moderate and vigorous activity.
If you drink alcohol, limit it to no more than one drink (one 12 ounce beer, one 5 ounce glass of wine, or one 1.5 ounce shot of hard liquor) a day.

Find healthy ways to cope with stress. Lower your stress level by talking to your friends, exercising, or reading a book.

• Be physically active
• Don't smoke
• Eat healthy
• Maintain a normal weight 
• Know your blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol, and triglycerides

9.      High Cholesterol Foods

You can lower your cholesterol by taking these steps:

Eat more: Fish, chicken and lean meats. Broil, bake, roast, or poach foods. Remove the fat and skin before eating.

• Skim (fat-free) or low-fat (1%) milk and cheeses, and low-fat or nonfat yogurt
• Fruits and vegetables (try for 5 a day)
• Cereals, breads, rice, and pasta made from whole grains (such as "whole-wheat" or "whole-grain" bread and pasta, rye bread, brown rice, and oatmeal)

Eat less: Organ meats (liver, kidney, brains)

• Egg yolks
• Fats (butter, lard) and oils
• Packaged and processed foods

10. Questions for You to Consider

• How much caffeine can I safely have in one day?

The adults should have no more than 400 milligrams of caffeine a day, which is equivalent to about 3-4 cups of coffee.

• What is atrial fibrillation?

Atrial fibrillation is an irregular heart rhythm caused by abnormal, chaotic electrical impulses in the heart’s upper chambers, the atria.

These electrical impulses, which interfere with the heart’s natural pacemaker, fire so rapidly the atria cannot beat with a regular rhythm or squeeze out blood effectively. Instead, they merely quiver while the ventricles, the heart’s lower chambers, beat rapidly and irregularly.

• Energy Drinks Increase the Heart's Contraction Rate

Studies suggest that energy drinks may be unsafe for children and individuals with existing heart conditions, like an irregular heartbeat.

Energy drinks are one of the most popular pick-me-ups, especially among young adults. Containing roughly three times more caffeine than coffee, they’re a quick and easy way to increase energy and can be found at nearly all convenience stores and supermarkets.

But we have a lot to learn about the health impacts of energy drinks on the heart and according to a recent study, they may be unsafe for patients with heart conditions. Energy drinks have been linked to an irregular heartbeat called arrhythmia as well as increases in blood pressure, and the number of hospital visits related to energy-drink consumption has doubled in the past four years in USA. Most patients are either adolescents or young adults.

• Does taking birth control pills increase my risk for heart disease in Women

Taking birth control pills is generally safe for young, healthy women if they do not smoke. But birth control pills can pose heart disease risks for some women, especially women older than 35; women with high blood pressure, diabetes, or high cholesterol; and women who smoke.

Source - Dr Vanita Arora