Tag: heart disease

What moment of the day can be heavy on the heart?

Going to work and dropping children to school is the most stressful time of the day, according to a new survey.

A survey of 2,000 people in the UK found that the most stressful time of the day for these people was 7:23 a.m.

They were also asked what are the 50 most stressful events in a typical day. The most common responses were getting stuck in traffic, falling on clothes and opening the eye late.

Research conducted by The Rescue Remedy of Advertisement UK found that older people face approximately three stressful events on a daily basis.

“Whenever we think about drama, we think of a big event, but this research shows how little things affect our mood,” said Zozina Bastikova, global brand head at Nielsens, which owns Rescue Remedy.

He said that we know that poor sleep at night can spoil the whole day and problems during the day often spoil the night’s sleep. So it is not surprising to see that the morning is the time when the first ‘drama’ of the day takes place.

The survey found that the primary causes of daily stress included fatigue in 46 percent of people, 36 percent said disturbed nighttime sleep, and 33 percent said busy days on the job.

In the survey, people said that after experiencing these stressful events, 32 percent of people suffer from depression, 23 percent from confusion and 21 percent from fatigue.

Experts warn that when we are under constant pressure, it activates the body’s ‘fight or run’ (fight and flight) mode. This increases adrenaline, which increases heart rate and blood pressure. In this case, the amount of cortisol can also increase, which can cause an increase in the amount of sugar in the blood and pose a risk to our health.

New Research Findings : What are the effects of eating one egg daily on the body?

If you want to avoid heart disease, including heart attack and stroke, diabetes type 2, then make it a habit to eat eggs.

This was revealed in a new medical study.

Research published in the journal Nutrition states that eating 5 or more eggs per week helps to avoid heart disease.

The study also found that people who eat more eggs also have a lower risk of getting affected by type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure.

For this research, experts examined the data of a study that started in 1971 and involved more than 5,000 people.

Their health was assessed once every four years to see if they were suffering from heart disease or any other disease.

Each time during the medical examination, these people were filled out questionnaires and a record of egg-eating habits was also compiled.

After analyzing the data, the researchers discovered that eating 5 or more eggs per week did not have any negative effects on blood sugar or blood pressure.

In fact, they discovered that eating eggs in moderation improved blood sugar levels, while reducing the risk of high blood sugar and type 2 diabetes.

According to the researchers, such people also have low blood pressure levels and a lower risk of suffering from high blood pressure, which helps to avoid heart disease.

Researchers said that the results prove that the use of eggs does not have an effect on blood sugar or blood pressure, but making them a part of the diet protects against various diseases.

Risk of heart attack is high in winter, experts say

According to experts, the temperature outside the body has an inverse relationship with blood pressure.

In winter, there are many health complications, such as colds, sore throats, flu and other seasonal diseases, but the most important and dangerous case is heart disease.

In fact, as the temperature drops, the blood vessels narrow, which increases the risk of stroke or heart attack.

According to experts, due to this narrowing of the arteries in winter, the drains that deliver blood to the heart muscles also shrink, due to which there is severe pain in the chest, which is the trigger of heart attack or heart disease.

According to a new study, heart attack and heart disease-related problems are more common in winter, especially in the early morning when cold is felt more.

The question arises that why heart disease problems arise more in winter. In this regard, experts say that in winter, the heart has to pump the same amount of blood as is usually done, but it requires more and harder work, which results in problems like heart attack due to increased blood pressure and narrowing of arteries.

According to experts, the temperature outside the body has an inverse relationship with blood pressure, due to which the heart has to work harder to pump blood due to the narrowing of the arteries in winter.

Blood has to be transported far and wide to body parts such as the skin, legs and other organs. Apart from this, another problem in cold weather is blood clotting and all of them together cause risk.

Which body parts indicate high blood sugar?

The number of patients suffering from high blood sugar i.e. diabetes is increasing, eating too much sweet and staying away from a healthy lifestyle including mental stress leads to diabetes.

If you have been diagnosed with diabetes, then there are some parts of the body that indicate that you have high blood sugar, which experts say to keep an eye on.

Eyes

The high blood sugar ratio in the body affects the blood vessels present in the retina of the eye, which causes eye problems such as blurred vision, cataract and other problems.

Sugar also affects the retina to such an extent that the patient may also lose his vision.

Feet

Diabetes affects your feet in two ways, the first is through nerve damage that deprives your feet of any kind of feeling, the second is the lack of blood circulation to the feet properly, which also makes it difficult to heal the wounds on the feet.

Kidneys

Kidneys filter toxins and waste from the body, but due to diabetes, this disease damages the blood vessels, which is also known as diabetic nephropathy and its symptoms include inflammation in the feet, lack of normal blood pressure and protein in the stomach.

Nerves

Like the eyes and kidneys, high blood sugar also causes severe damage to the nerves, which is called diabetic neuropathy, its symptoms include numbness of the body, pain and damage to the ability to feel temperature, tingling or burning sensation.

Heart Problems

A person suffering from high blood sugar is always at risk of suffering from stroke and heart problems because sugar affects the blood vessels and increases blood pressure.

Most heart disease treatments and tests are unnecessary, experts say

The American Heart Association has released a report stating that most tests and treatments for heart disease are unnecessary.

According to the American Heart Association (AHA), the problem of low-value medical care is not new but old. Most heart patients undergo treatment or tests that do not suit their medical condition.

The term low-value medical care is used to refer to physicians who are not involved in the fight against the disease. According to statistics, 30% of Americans spend their annual expenses on non-essential medical facilities, which is estimated to be around 1 101 billion.

In addition, people who have had angioplasty or surgery to remove a blockage in an artery may have to undergo some exercise tests, but sometimes they include people who do not have a heart condition.

Dr. Wayne Kenney, a senior AHA official, said that when non-professional practices in the medical field become commonplace, it becomes almost impossible to eliminate them.

Dr. Richard Kovex, chief medical officer of the American College of Cardiology, says that many physicians override medical principles and rely on personal experience. In addition, some doctors take a defensive stance for fear of being caught by the law for wrongdoing, to perform as many tests as possible, so that even the smallest complication of the disease is not overlooked, and the fact cannot be denied. There are also doctors whose only purpose is to obtain fees.