“It is undeniable that we are seeing women with heart problems these days, including young women of reproductive age, in cath labs and outpatient clinics. KEM Hospitalparel.
Heart attacks have long been associated with men, and the number of hospital help seekers (8:1) showed a gender bias. However, a study analyzing recent health data in India showed that the increase in deaths among women with heart disease was greater than the increase in deaths among men between 2000 and 2017. I’m here. According to GBD 2017 data, ischemic heart disease (a narrowing or blockage of arteries) killed 1.54 million people, including 620,000 women and 920,000 men.
A team led by Dr. Rajeev Gupta in Jaipur analyzed similar data from 2000 to 2017 and found that annual mortality (due to ischemic heart disease) increased from 0.85 million to 1.54 million. (0.53-0.92 million). A 2020 peer-reviewed article from the Jaipur team in the American Journal of Preventive Cardiology journal concluded that the reasons for the rise were female obesity, smokeless tobacco or smoking use, diabetes, and oral infections. There is medical evidence that diabetes affects women’s hearts more than men’s hearts.
Dr. AB Mehta, Senior Cardiologist Jasrock HospitalPedder Road provided more reasons.
Dr Kerkar said stay-at-home moms in most Indian households lead a sedentary lifestyle with little or no moderately intensive exercise recommended by the WHO.Recent BMC A study showed that women in Mumbai have higher rates of obesity than men.
Twenty years ago, women were believed to be protected from heart disease. Then, until menopause, women found some protection against heart disease. After age 60, the risk of heart disease is the same for men and women.