Young Women Often Ignore Heart Attack Symptoms

When the topic of heart attack arises, many envision a middle aged, or older man, clutching his chest. However, each year, more than 15,000 women under the age of 55 die of heart disease in the United States, making it the leading cause of death for women in this age group. According to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, coronary heart disease is the leading cause of premature death (death before age 75) in women in the county. Furthermore, among younger women, those that suffer a heart attack are nearly twice as likely as men to die. A new study published on February 24 in the journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes may help explain the reason for these sad statistics.

Young Woman Heart Attack Symptoms

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The study authors note that prompt recognition of acute myocardial infarction (MI; heart attack) symptoms and timely treatment significantly increase the likelihood of a good outcome. They explain that relatively little is known about the initial symptoms and treatment of women 55 years of age or younger. Symptom recognition and prompt, appropriate therapy would reduce the risk of treatment delays and improve acute care for these women.

The study group comprised 30 women ranging in age from 30 t0 55 years who were hospitalized for an acute MI. The researchers conducted in-depth interviews of these women to assess their early symptoms and their decision-making process to seek medical treatment. Five themes described their experiences: (1) prodromal (early) symptoms varied significantly in both nature and duration; (2) the women inaccurately assessed personal risk of heart disease and commonly attributed their symptoms to noncardiac (not heart-related) causes; (3) competing and conflicting priorities influenced their decisions regarding seeking acute care; (4) the healthcare system was not consistently responsive to them, resulting in delays in workup and diagnosis; and (5) the women did not routinely access primary care, including preventive care for heart disease.

The authors concluded that the women in the study did not accurately assess their cardiovascular risk, reported poor preventive health behaviors, and delayed seeking care for symptoms. This suggested that differences in both prevention and acute care may be contributing to young women’s elevated acute MI mortality, compared to men. They noted that identifying factors that promote better cardiovascular knowledge, improved preventive healthcare, and prompt care-seeking behaviors are important factors for decreasing mortality among these women.

According to the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, approximately 35% of all heart attacks in women go unnoticed or unreported, partly because women’s symptoms are sometimes different from men’s. Many women experience nausea as their primary symptom, along with chest discomfort. Women should also be alert to heartburn that doesn’t go away with antacids or other prescribed medicine.

Signs of a heart attack in women include:

Ø  Discomfort in the chest that usually lasts more than a few minutes or goes away and comes back; it may feel like uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, fullness, or pain.

Ø  Upper body discomfort in one or both arms, the back, neck, jaw, or stomach. Shortness of breath.

Ø  Unusual fatigue, weakness, and/or lightheadedness. Nausea/vomiting, cold sweats, and/or dizziness.

If you experience the above symptoms:

Ø  Minutes matter! Call 9-1-1 for help within five minutes if you think you may be having a heart attack.

Ø  Do not drive yourself or anyone else with symptoms to the hospital, unless you have absolutely no other option.

Ø  While you are waiting for the ambulance to arrive, chew a regular (325 milligram) aspirin, lie down, and breathe slowly, all of which may help limit the damage to your heart.

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Mysterious raised bumps on elbows rash outbreak is causing alarm

A mysterious rash, raised bumps, skin color to red, sometimes itchy and/or painful, appearing on mostly on elbows, but also on hands, knees, forehead, and other parts of the body and is getting people worried.

Is it contagious?

Dermatologists have noticed more adults and children coming in with the elbow bump rash and prescribing steroids but it does not help the condition at all. Doctors and dermatologists both are misdiagnosing the "rash" as eczema, psoriasis and shingles. It is not either of these skin conditions and patients are coming away frustrated.

Elbows Rashes 

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Holistic doctors have found by studying their patients that the mysterious rash is a reaction to eating gluten and the rash is an often over lookesd symptom of Celiac Disease. The skin rash is also know as "Celiac Disease Rash," or "The Gluten Rash," but its proper name is Dermatitis Herpetiformis. Dermatitis Herpetoformis can form any where on the body but the areas most noted are the elbows, hands, knees, back and buttocks, it causes itching, tingling and pain, especially when leaned on.

Before the rash actually breaks out it is extremely itchy in the area, depending on the area it leads some people and doctors to think it is a dry skin condition and that simply applying lotion is the answer or steroid creams. The rash may come and go, it may itch or feel like it's burning. The rash is small to medium sized bumps, red or skin colored that appear as if they could have fluid under them but the skin does not look like a blister. Once the bumps heal a light red rash can be noticed and slight purple marks where the actual bumps were that heal over time.

Doctors have also been prescribing Dapasone for the "rash" and many patients are finding some relief from the itching, but the best relief is a change in your diet to that avoids gluten. Patients only about 20-25%, get the rash with the Celiac Disease. The skin is biopsied in-office by taking a small skin sample. Celiac blood tests are also available.

Celiac disease is triggered by eating protein found in wheat, barley or rye, which cause an immune response in the small intestine when eaten. Gluten can be found in pizza crust, breads, pasta, bagels, pretzels, cereals, chips and alcoholic beverages and candy and even more food products. People with a sensitivity to gluten suffer damage over time to the inner surface of the small intestine and have an inability to absorb (malabsorption) valuable nutrients: vitamins and minerals that are needed for the body, that deprive the brain, liver, periphereal nervous system, bones and other organs that can lead to other serious complications such as osteoporosis.

Symptoms of Celiac Disease are stomach pain and diarrhea, depression, some suffer from constipation, anemia, fatigue and skin conditions, severe menstrual cramping, bones and other organ problems, hormones, infertility, and joints, but you can have the disease with out any overt symptoms.

Dermatitis Herpetiformis Celiac Disease

The gluten-free diet is the best control of your skin rash, it will not go away immediately, after all you have been eating this way for your whole life and it will take some time to completely cleanse your system of the gluten that can be impacted in the creases of your intestines. Cleanses and detoxing can quicken your healing.

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