Heart Tips Tuesday - 7 Warning Signs of Women's Heart Attacks and a Joke for fun!!

Morning Sweet Friends,

How are you today???  Doing well, I hope!!

I am having a good day,  the sun is finally

out and shining,  it is beckoning to me,

so think I am gonna have to go sit in it

for at least a few minutes,  then get a

shower since we just finished exercising.

Remember I told you last Thursday that I

had been reading an article in Prevention

magazine right before my SIL had her

 episode last week about heart attacks

in women.  Thankfully, a heart attack was

 not my SIL's problem, but it is a major thing

 for women now,  used to be just men mostly,

  but now they say there are as many women

 as men having them.  Yesterday as I was

finishing up the article I came across the

 symptoms of a heart attack in Women.

 The symptoms are different for women

than men.  So thought this was a good

piece of info to share with you cause

I didn't know most of these myself or

how prevalent they are to women

these days.

7 Symptoms Women Ignore

(Information comes from Prevention 

Magazine - Feb. 2011 issue)

#1

Fatique - In the weeks before an attack, 71%

women have flulike symptoms.  Days before,

you may feel too tired to lift your laptop.

#2

Non-chest pain - Rather than an explosion in

your chest, you may feel less severe pain in your

upper back, shoulders, neck or jaw.

#3

Sweating - You may find yourself suddenly

drenched in perspiration for no apparent

reason, and your face may be pale or ashen.

#4

Nausea or Dizziness - During an attack,

women often vomit or feel like they're going 

to pass out.

#5

 Breathlessness -Almost 58% of women

report panting or inability to carry on a

conversation.

#6

Sleeplessness - In the month before a 

coronary, nearly half of women have

trouble sleeping.

#7

Anxiety - "Many women experience a

sense of impending doom or fear before a

heart attack," says Dr. Legato. "That's your

body telling you to pay attention.  Trust

 those instincts.

If you think you are having a
 heart attack - Take these steps.

#1

Call 911 - Do not drive yourself to the

ER or ask someone else to take you.

In the ambulance, treatment can begin

right away, and they can speed you to

the nearest medical facility that can

handle acute cardiac arrest.

#2

Take an Aspirin - Keep a supply of

full strengthun coated aspirin at home,

and in your purse, and chew and swallow

one with water as soon as symptoms

start.  This can help blood from clotting

and the damage it causes.

#3

Get pushy at the ER - or ask a relative

or friend to be your advocate.  Forcefully

say, " I think I'm having a heart attack",

and insist on seeing a Dr.within 10 mins.

Make sure you get an EKG to check

your heart function, plus blood tests to

detect heart damage.  Do not leave the

hospital until you've been evaluated by

a Cardiologist.

I happened to watch the Dr. Oz Show today
 and they said that a 10-30 minute nap gave
you a 30% less risk of having a heart attack,
Sounds good to me!!  lol

Since this was sort of a heavy post,
 I want to leave you with a
 Heart Healthy Belly Laugh!!

This is a cute joke I rec'd yesterday,
You will die laughing,  at least hubby and I did!!
Sorry about all the lil arows and stuff,  I just
copied and pasted it from email,  Easy to
read at least.


~A Cup of Tea ~
>
> One day my mother was out, and my dad was in charge of me.
>
> I was maybe 2 1/2 years old. Someone had given me a little "tea set" as a
> gift, and it was one of my favorite toys.
>
> Daddy was in the living room engrossed in the evening news when I brought
> him a little cup of "tea," which was just water. After several
> cups of tea and lots of praise for such yummy tea, my mom came home.
>
> My dad made her wait in the living room to watch me bring him a cup of tea,
> because it was "just the cutest thing!'" Mom waited, and sure
> enough, here I came down the hall with a cup of tea for Daddy; she watched
> him drink it up.
>
> Then she said, as only a mother would know, "'Did it ever occur to you that
> the only place she can reach to get water is the toilet?"
>
>
> 


Well,  are you still laughing.................???
Hope so,  makes me laugh everytime I think
about it!!  


Hope you have a great rest of the day,


Love and Hugs,
and Heart Healthy Blessings,
Nellie