Many of us think of heart disease as a disease that kills primarily men. In a 2000 Yale University study, 250,000 women died from heart disease, compared to 40,000 who died from breast cancer. This is a huge difference. The study also showed that in women who have a heart attack before the age of 75, the risk of the chance of mortality is much higher in comparison to their male counterparts. Many times women do not realize that they have heart disease due to the fact that their symptoms may present differently than the “typical heart attack” symptoms of crushing chest pressure with pain radiating down the arm. Women may experience a “gastritis” or “reflux” feeling, along with a headache or neck pain.
Archive for January, 2010
Before you can take a deep breath “in”, you have to give one away “out”. Because, when you’ve been breathing in a short, shallow manner (from your chest), if you try & take a deep inhale, you just can’t do it. All you can do is take a more labored, shallow breath from your chest. That will give you all the air you need, but it won’t feel “good”.
Breathe very shallowly a few times, and then try to take a deep breath. When you breathe in this shallow manner, you get all the air you need to live, but you can also get other symptoms which contribute to a panic attack.
