According to experts, any body reacts to heat adverse changes in his condition.
That hot weather is a major factor of heart problems, including heart attack, said representatives of the American heart Association.
In heat conditions, according to them, the human body can suffer because of the violation vodoslavka balance because the body loses a lot of fluids and along with it mineral salts. This lack in the worst case can lead to heart failure.
In addition, heat is thickening of the blood, which significantly increases the risk of blood clots and all the associated problems – heart attacks, strokes, pulmonary embolism, etc. Experts say that even healthy people react to hot weather, poor health, shortness of breath and fatigue.
At the same time, the American heart Association indicate that there are a number of factors, the presence of which tells of an especially high probability of a person to suffer from the heat. Such factors, they ranked the following criteria:
Age – from 65 years and older, and the age category 35-40 years.
Male: men are more prone to cardiovascular diseases, according to the doctors, due to bad habits and low attention to their health, and also because of the influence of certain sex hormones.
Heredity – the health of the relatives: the risk of heart attack is higher if someone from the family has cardiovascular disease.
Smoking – if you have this habit the risk of thrombosis and the resulting attack increases by 2-4 times.
Hypertension – high blood pressure increases the workload on the heart and weakens the blood vessels.
Sedentary work – sedentary people prone to heart attacks by 25-30% more compared to the physically active.
Excess weight – especially dangerous excess fat in the waist and abdomen.
Diabetes in 75% of cases of death of diabetics is a result of various problems with the heart or blood vessels.
According to American cardiologists, the presence of these symptoms suggests that the person is at risk, and he should be especially careful to comply with the prevention of a heart attack. As such measures doctors recommend not to do in the hot days of intensive work (carrying heavy loads, active walk, work on the land, in which you must bend down his head), do not pour cold water and not to be in the sun for more than 15-20 minutes at a time and not to overeat.
