The Silent Killer

The Deadly Disease Most Women Ignore | Yahoo! Health

Here it is ladies; wake up call of dire proportions! Recently Rosie O'Donnel came into public light after calling 911 when she was experiencing a MASSIVE heart attack.

We know that heart disease is the NUMBER ONE KILLER OF WOMEN.

That's astonishing.

Yet, we place more emphasis on getting breast cancer and hpv screenings. Which, don't misunderstand me, are WONDERFUL things!!! But as the #1 killer of ALL WOMEN, shouldn't we place more stress on heart disease education for women? If we know that heart disease is such a dynamic killer of women, shouldn't we as an entire popultaion, not just women, focus more medical education on spreading awareness of heart disease?

If we knew that when we left the house this evening for our dinner date, that it was going to be robbed, and that my children, or pets, or valuables be obliterated, would I still go out? Would you?? The answer is probably not.

Why was it so hard for Rosie to accept that she was having a heart attack? She did the right thing, she chewed an aspirin, which doctors will tell you is much more effective that swallowing one whole. (Chewing allows the medication to entire your blood stream MUCH more quickly than swallowing a pill whole.)
[Reference; http://www.hearthealthywomen.org/signs-symptoms/featured/how-to-survive-a-heart-attack.html]

What she did WRONG, however, is she waited for a long time to call 911 after she chewed the aspirin. Doctors said the type of blockage the was in her arteries was often referred to as the "Widow maker" because of it's magnitude and strong probability of killing it's victim.

Rosie is very lucky she's still with us. A lot of women aren't as lucky. We need to take note of the early warning signs and be aware that women face a "Silent Killer," more often than men.

Ladies, heart attacks don't only affect middle aged, overweight men. In a public service announcement, actress Elizabeth Banks does an incredible job of portraying how most women may have reacted in her situation. She kept saying she was fine, it was nothing, etc, etc. Too often women ignore the warning signs of a heart attack...Could this be why it is the number one killer of women...?

There's a slight chance.


To see the PSA brought to you by Elizabeth Banks and the American Heart Association, in conjunction with Go Red for Women; visit this link:
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