Heart Attack is more among Men as Compared to Women: Why!

   

Heart Attack is more among Men as Compared to Women: Why!

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Hope you all are doing well and getting benefits from my previous posts. Today we will analyze why Heart attack is more among men as compared to women. As we all know that “Stress is perhaps the most underrated of all our heart disease risk factors”. We all know that during winter season problem of heart attack is more due to increasing air pollution and accumulation of particles in the air. So during winter season use mask so that heart works smoothly and blockage in coronary artery can be prevented. Let’s understand why Heart attack is more among men as compared to women.

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Heart Attack:

A Heart attack is caused due to blockage in coronary artery. The blood starts clotting and tissue fails to get enough oxygen and person dies.

 

Heart disease among top killers in India:

In the past 25 years India has witnessed alarming rise in Heart attack. Cardio vascular disease has gone up in India between 1990 and 2016. Stroke is fifth leading cause of heart problem in India. In India in 2016 28.1% of total deaths were due to Heart attack as compared to 15.2% deaths in 1990. Heart disease contributed 17.8% of total deaths in India. The Heart disease related deaths are higher among men as compared to women. Deaths due to cardiovascular diseases rose from 13 lakh in 1990 to 28 lakh in 2016.

 

States in India where Heart attack is highest:

Cases of Cardiovascular diseases has increased from 2.57 crore in 1990 to 5.45 crore in 2016. The following states have maximum cases of Heart Attack :

(a) Punjab (b) Kerala (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Andhra Pradesh (e) Himachal Pradesh (f) Maharashtra (g) Goa (h) West Bengal

 

Causes of Heart Attack: 

 

Causes of Heart Attack Among Men	Causes of Heart Attack Among Women
1. Bad cholesterol that is Atherosclerosis 2. Blood clot 3. Obesity 4. Diabetes 5. Organ failure 6. Drug Addicted like tobacco, cocaine etc. 7. Angina 8. Birth Abnormalities 9. Infection 10. CAD (Coronary Artery Disease) 11. Arrhythmia's	1. Menopause 2. Family History 3. Diabetes 4. Obesity 5. Drug Addiction 6. Endometriosis 7. Depression 8. Lack of Physical Activity 9. Broken Heart Syndrome 10. Medicine used to treat breast cancer 11. Pregnancy Complications

Symptoms of Heart Attack among men	Symptoms of Heart attack among women
1. Chest Pain 2. Discomfort in Chest 3. Heaviness in Chest 4. Pain in Arm, Jaw, Back 5. Cold Sweat 6. Shortness of breath 7. Nausea	1. Less Chest Pain 2. More pain in Jaw, Neck 3. Faint and Lightheaded 4. Squeezing on upper back 5. Pressure in chest 6. Unusual Fatigue 7. Symptoms appear when women is at rest 8. Sleep disturbance 9. Stomach problem

Why Heart attack is more among Men as compared to women?

1. In men the ‘risk factor disease’ like cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity are more as compared to women. So throughout life men is about twice as likely as women to have a Heart attack.

2. In women ‘Estrogen’ Hormone is present naturally. Estrogen Hormone provides protection to women from Heart attack. In women Heart attack occurs mostly during menopause. Before menopause if women face Heart attack it is due to drop in level of estrogen. Estrogen level drops due to obesity, irregular periods, junk food consumption, Polycystic ovary Syndrome (PCOS).

3. In women ‘Good Cholesterol’ is there due to high level of Estrogen. It increases level of high density ‘Lipoprotein’ which provides protection against heart disease.

4. Middle aged men are in more ‘Stress’. Thus it causes complication in rhythms of heart beats.

5. ‘Woman’s heart is usually smaller than man's heart’. Its 'Interior Chamber' is small. Thus woman’s heart pumps faster than man's heart. When women is stressed her pulse rate rises and heart ‘ejects’ more blood. But in case of men stress causes high blood pressure and blockage in arteries. So heart attack is more among men.

6. Excessive alcohol consumption, smoking, drug addiction increases coronary risk factors among men as compared to women.

7. ‘Coronary Artery Disease’ affects the ‘small arteries of women’ but in case of men CAD affects the major arteries. So rate of Heart attack is high among men.

8. Among women after ‘Menopause’ risk of heart disease is high due to increase in body weight, increase in ‘Visceral Fat’ which leads to ‘Metabolic Syndrome’. Thus ‘Type 2 Diabetes’ problem occurs and women face heart problem during menopause.

9. Among men risk of ‘Hypercholesterolemia’ is more during young age. So cholesterol level changes and heart problem occurs among men at young age.

10. ‘Emotional Stress’ like ‘Isolation’ affects  men more as compared to women because women have inborn tendency to bear emotional stress than men. For example: Women have in born tendency of maternal instinct.

Is it easy to diagnose heart problem among women?

No it’s not easy to diagnose heart problem among women because women are less likely to report chest pain and more likely to dismiss symptoms. Woman’s are less likely to receive same diagnostic tests and 50% cases are misdiagnosed. The symptoms of heart attack also varies among women as compared to men like shortness of breath create confusion with problem in lungs. So sometimes it becomes difficult to diagnose heart problem among women because blockage of small arteries is not properly diagnosed during tests.

Treatment of Heart attack among men	Treatment of Heart attack among women
1. Blood thinning medicines 2. Blood Pressure Medication 3. Angioplasty 4. Stenting 5. Bypass Surgery 6. Heart Valve Surgery 7. Pacemaker	1. Cardiac rehabilitation to recover from heart disease 2. Angioplasty 3. Stenting 4. Coronary Bypass Surgery 5. Blood thinning medicines

At last we can conclude that due to changing lifestyle both are at higher risk of heart problem.

To prevent from heart attack one should eat a healthy diet, do regular exercise, have enough sleep, maintain good cholesterol level, maintain body weight according to BMI (Body Mass Index), avoid stress and stress management etc.

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