• Men and women have a many difference between them with cardiovascular health and disease. One difference is that men have an increased risk of having hypertension than women when they are younger. However, when women begin to experience menopause, they are at a higher risk than men of having hypertension. Also, men experience heart disease earlier than women when they are younger. But, after menopause, “there is a rapid progression of the disease in women probably due to decrease in estrogen levels” (Aldwin &Gilmer, 2013). As women and men become older, they have equal chances of have coronary heart disease (CHD). Though, women have a lower possibility of being diagnosed or treated for coronary heart disease. Symptoms of CHD may present differently in women than men due to women having smaller arteries than men. …show more content…
With men, anginal pain radiates from the left shoulder and down the left arm, jaw, or back. Women with angina pain, however, present with a burning sensation or tenderness in the sternum, arms, or between shoulder blades. Women may also experience gastric symptoms such as nausea or abdominal pain associated with angina (Aldwin & Gilmer, 2013). Men who present with heart failure usually have a decrease in ejection fraction; whereas, women with heart failure display more normal systolic function or diastolic heart failure. The survival rate for both in this case is very poor for men and women. However, women have a high outcome with heart failure than men Regitz-Zagrosek, 2012). Men are more likely to use cardiac rehabilitation than women. However, women are more likely to be more aware of their health than men (Aldwin & Gilmer,
There are multiple factors that lead to the development cardiovascular disease. While some individuals are born with conditions that predispose them to strokes or heart disease, a majority of people participate in a combination of risk factors that lead to the development of cardiovascular disease. A few of those risk factors include a lack of physical activity, smoking, and poor diet. The more frequently individuals expose themselves to these risk factors the higher their chances of developing cardiovascular disease.
The risk for women developing heart disease involves contributing factors that can be associated with age, weight, and diet. After menopause women are more likely to develop heart conditions that
The heart disease is one of the killer diseases among the American women. The heart disease is a heart group disease and the heart's blood vessel system. The most common type of heart disease is the Coronary heart disease. The Coronary disease affects the human blood vessels in the heart causing a heart attack or the angina (Gregson, 2009). Angina is a type of condition whereby an individual experiences chest pains in case the heart fails to get enough blood. An individual usually experiences sharp pressing chest pains but sometimes the back, shoulders and arms are also affected. Some of the
The risk of heart disease rises as people age. Men develop an increased risk of heart disease at the ages of 45 and older, while women 55 and older are at an increased risk. “A woman’s natural hormones give some level of protection from heart disease before menopause.” (www.fda.gov) “After menopause, women develop heart disease as often as men, and women who have a heart attack don’t fare as well as men. Women are more likely than men to die from a heart attack.” (www.fda.gov) Obesity is caused by many different possible factors including “genetics, metabolic, psychological reasons, socicultural reasons, sedentary lifestyle, neuroendocrines, medicamental reasons, and high caloric nutrition.” (www.obesidad.net) Obesity is known to cause colon cancer, high blood pressure, and premature death. “Obesity is also associated with high blood cholesterol, complications of pregnancy, menstrual irregularities, hirsutism (presence of excess body and facial hair), stress incontinence (urine leakage caused by weak pelvic-floor
In addition, the researchers conducted a chart review of each participant 's medical record. In this study the results showed that “compared with men, women used more evasive and supportive coping and rated psychologic aspects of the heart disease as more problematic to manage. More women perceived available support from friends and grandchildren, and more men perceived available support from their partner. Women rated lower levels in physical and psychologic dimensions of quality of life” (Kristofferzon et al., 2005, p. 39).
Over the past few years, heart disease has been the number one killer in women
example, women have a higher percentage of hypertension over the age of 65 years old,
Cardiovascular disease has reportedly been the number one disease killer for men and women in the United States of America. Every one out of four deaths is caused by heart disease in the United States alone (Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention). Heart disease refers to the different types of conditions and symptoms that can affect the one’s heart and its functions to the body (Mayo Clinic). Cardiovascular/Heart disease has many causes and conditions, prevention methods and symptoms, and treatment options.
In recent times, women have been increasingly more prone to heart related diseases. Even with campaigns that are run across internationally, there is a lack of realization by many people that the leading causes of deaths in women today are heart diseases. Often women are misdiagnosed by the healthcare providers and their symptoms are not recognized when they are having an acute cardiac arrest. According to statistics, every 30 seconds in the United States of America, a woman suffers from a heart attack (Health, 2013). Out of many types of heart diseases, the myocardial infarction is one of the leading causes of death in women.
The article is reliable because Clever interviewed a St. Louis doctor, Dr. Ted E. Garrett, who is a cardiothoracic surgeon and knowledgeable on the topic of heart disease. Women and heart disease is a current topic because heart disease is the number one killer among women and it has been taken more seriously when women come into the hospital with symptoms than in the past. Many facts and statistics are used in the document, which appears to be accurate since this is a reliable source and information given from a cardiothoracic surgeon. The news article is researched based written by a news reporter who interviewed a well qualified doctor. The overall goal of the newspaper article is to inform those who think heart disease is a man’s disease and also teach the public more about heart
Heart disease claims the lives of more women than men each year, yet women only make up 25% of participants in heart-related research studies. While this is improving, women remain under-represented in many studies that have set the standard for detection and treatment of cardiovascular disease. Even though valuable information about heart disease has been gathered, the model of detecting cardiovascular disease has been based on and designed for men. Not all the data have been applicable to women so this is hard to narrow down (Women's Heart Center, 2017) (Disparities in Health Heart Disease in African American Women, 2017).
Chest pain is a very common symptom, and around 20% to 40% of the general population will experience chest pain in their lives(149). In the UK, up to 2 % of visits to a general practitioner are due to new onset chest pain (150). Approximately 5% of visits to the emergency department are due to a complaint of chest pain, and up to 40% of emergency hospital admissions are the result of chest pain(149, 151). Approximately 52,000 new cases of angina per year are diagnosed in men and 43,000 in women. The incidence of angina increases with age(123).
The topic I will explore is heart disease in women. The question, what do healthcare providers need to know about cardiovascular disease in women and how their symptoms and presentation differ from men will be discussed. Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death in women and men in the Western world. Nearly 1 million cardiovascular related deaths a year are women. Many women’s risk factors go unrecognized and untreated by their primary care physician (Pregler et al., 2009). According to FamilyDoctor.org, “American women are 4 to 6 times more likely to die of heart disease that of breast cancer” (2009). In generally men have an earlier onset of heart disease than to women but have a higher survival rate from heart
There are a few different signs and symptoms of acute coronary syndrome for men than there are for women. Chest pain is the most common symptom for both genders. Some symptoms of acute coronary syndrome that women experience include both typical and atypical symptoms such as back pain, right shoulder pain, nausea, vomiting, headaches and flushing. Men are more likely to experience typical symptoms of acute coronary syndrome such as chest pain, back pain, shortness of breath, lightheadedness and nausea (Abed, Ali, Ras, Hamdallah, Khalil & Moser, 2015). Women are more likely to delay ACS treatment than men. They often don’t have the typical symptoms of a heart attack which causes a delay in their treatment. Their atypical symptoms may occur for
determined that women have a lower mortality rate at 1 year, although no survival difference was shown between the sexes at 30 days.17 In this study, females were more likely to have vascular and bleeding complications.17