Threatening 90% of girls .. Beware this pain in the body reveals something wrong

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Tuesday 13th September 2022

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Books – Syed Metwally
The latest scientific findings challenge many preconceived notions about gender differences in heart disease, and this has led experts to argue that in women who suffer, a heart attack should be considered a possibility to be ruled out.
Although the prevalence is higher in both genders, heart attacks occur more frequently in women, however, younger patients in this group and doctors rarely suspect a heart attack even with all symptoms present, partly due to confusion about gender differences in cardiology.
Now, the new findings provide some clarification on warning signs in women under the age of 50, according to the British Express website.
And according to the results of a new study, “young women” are increasingly suffering from heart attacks for no apparent reason.
These new findings, presented at the European Society of Cardiology conference, challenge a number of preconceptions about the condition.
“With over 90% of women experiencing chest pain, the idea that myocardial infarction presents with atypical symptoms in women has been questioned,” said Stephanie Manzo Silbermann, MD, who works in the clinical practice of interventional cardiology since 2005. This is despite the fact that more than half of them have related symptoms and the order of onset of these symptoms is unknown. “
“But what we can say is that if a young woman experiences chest pain, even when it occurs as part of many other symptoms, myocardial infarction should be considered as a possible cause until they are investigated and confirmed,” she adds. .
A total of 314 women were examined in the study, with a mean age of 44.9 years, and according to the data, about two-thirds were found with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (heart attack) and a further 122 without its.
An analysis of their symptoms revealed that 91.6% of the women had common chest pain and 59.7% had related symptoms.
These findings are important because cardiovascular diseases, which include heart attacks, heart failure and heart rhythm problems, are the leading cause of death for women.
The risk factors for both genders are similar, but sometimes women show specific triggers related to hormonal changes or high-risk inflammatory characteristics.
One possible explanation for the gender disparities is that men typically develop plaque buildup in the large arteries that supply blood to the heart.
Conversely, women are more likely to experience a buildup of fat in the heart’s smaller blood vessels, known medically as microvasculature.
This has led researchers to believe that symptoms differ widely between the sexes.
However, by addressing the characteristics of heart attack in women under 50, the latest findings also challenge many preconceived notions about gender differences in heart disease.
In previous research, including a study published in the journal Circulation in 2003, chest pain was identified as the most common warning sign of heart disease in men, however, the results indicated that chest pain is at the bottom of the list of heart disease. early symptoms of heart attack. in women. .
It turns out that women tend to describe pressure, pain, and tightness in the chest, as opposed to pain, even during a heart attack. Only about one-third of the women in the hemodynamic study reported the classic symptoms of chest pain.
In contrast, the scientists found that an impending heart attack was most often indicative of shortness of breath, weakness, fatigue, sweating, and dizziness.
This has led researchers to believe that looking for these symptoms can help women avoid a heart problem.
However, researchers now argue that recognizing chest pain as an early warning sign of a heart attack can help women get timely diagnosis and treatment.