Many of you will know of my passion re: sharing information about diabetic not necessarily having the classic warning signs when having a heart attack. I have posted about this many times before. Similarly, I have posted on occasion about the fact that women also do not always have these 'classic' symptoms. Saw this on our Heart Foundation's Facebook page and thought it opportune and relevant to repost here:
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Women are more likely to experience atypical
symptoms when having a heart attack, such as jaw, shoulder, neck and back pain.
Yet only one in four women are aware of at least one of the symptoms. Get the
facts: http://www.heartattackfacts.org.au/heart-attack-facts/women-and-heart-attack/
Warning Signs - Katie's personal story
"Heart disease and heart attacks are often perceived as being an older man’s disease, however heart disease is the single biggest killer of Australian women. Over 4,800 women died of a heart attack in Australia in 2010 – women comprise 49% of all heart attack deaths in Australia.
Did you know that heart disease is the single
biggest killer of Australian women? And that four times as many women die
of heart disease than breast cancer?
If you are a woman over 40 and
living in Australia, your chance of having a heart attack before the age of 70
is one in three; if you are a woman who smokes, your chance increases to one in
two – which is the same chance as for men.
The risk of heart disease increases once women reach menopause
and it kills more women than lung cancer, breast cancer and colorectal cancer
combined. Despite this, only 36% of Australian women are aware that heart disease is their
number one killer. If awareness is low, then women are less likely to see the
relevance of taking action to improve their heart health......"
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"29 Lives" - TV Interview with Channel Nine, October 15, 2008
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