China News Service, November 30 (Reporter Chen Jing) Cardiovascular disease is a major disease threatening women's health.
In an interview with reporters on the 30th, cardiologist Dr. Li Nan bluntly said: “Abdominal obesity is an independent risk factor for heart disease in women.” Another expert and Dr. Yaping pointed out: “Lack of physical activity is also a risk of cardiovascular disease. Factors.” He Yaping emphasized that for patients with cardiovascular disease, medical exercise therapy is different from going to the gym. Medical staff must prescribe exercise through evaluation.
It is understood that compared with men, women have different physiological characteristics, clinical manifestations, disease diagnosis, drug metabolism, and prevention and treatment strategies.
Studies have shown that women’s menarche, pregnancy, and menopause are closely related to the occurrence and development of cardiovascular disease, while factors such as women’s mood swings and passive smoking all make women’s cardiovascular disease symptoms more insidious and atypical. Under the same incidence, the prognosis It is also worse than men, and the harm is more serious.
Dr. Li Nan said bluntly: “Abdominal obesity is an independent risk factor for heart disease in women.” Abdominal obesity is not only reflected in the body, such as the thickening of the waist, but also the ectopic storage of adipose tissue, that is, the distribution of fat under the skin. Transform into visceral distribution, such as storage in the epipericardium, liver, pancreas and renal sinuses.
The expert said that abdominal obesity not only causes metabolic diseases such as diabetes, hyperuricemia, and non-alcoholic liver disease, but also causes cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension, heart disease, atrial fibrillation, and heart failure.
“After menopause, women’s body fat distribution tends to be more likely to become abdominal obesity. Women with abdominal obesity have a significantly increased risk of hypertension, coronary heart disease, and myocardial infarction, and the risk of all-cause mortality is also higher.” Dr. Li Nan emphasized, “ Early intervention, prevention, and treatment of abdominal obesity are needed, mainly lifestyle interventions, including a combination of diet and exercise."
With the change of lifestyle, modern people's activities are becoming less and less.
"Lack of physical activity is also a risk factor for cardiovascular disease," said Dr. Yaping and the chief physician of the Department of Cardiology at Shanghai Deda Hospital in an interview.
He Yaping said, “Exercise can help control blood pressure, control blood lipids, lower blood sugar, lower uric acid, and control weight. It can also improve psychological stress and a sedentary lifestyle, so as to stay away from risk factors for cardiovascular disease.”
Dr. He Yaping also emphasized that for patients with cardiovascular disease, medical exercise therapy is different from going to the gym. Medical staff need to prescribe exercise through assessment, and according to risk stratification, confirm whether the exercise prescription needs to be under the supervision of medical staff. carried out.
She told reporters: "Exercise prescription is a medical-level exercise program, including exercise mode, exercise intensity, exercise time, exercise frequency, which can significantly improve the cardiopulmonary exercise ability of patients under the premise of ensuring the safety of cardiovascular disease patients. Sexually regulate blood sugar, blood pressure and blood lipids, stabilize plaque, improve myocardial ischemia and cardiac function, etc.
The reporter learned that in the live broadcast of the 3rd "Government to Know Your Heart" Women’s Cardiovascular Health Day, Professor Jennifer Haythe, co-director of Columbia University’s Women’s Cardiovascular Health Center, and Professor Shen Lirong of Zhejiang University, majored in food science from Zhejiang University. From multiple perspectives, such as exercise strategy, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, etc., he explained the topic of women’s cardiovascular health management in a simple and simple way, and patiently and carefully analyzed the condition of online patients and answered their questions.
According to statistics, hundreds of thousands of viewers participate online.
The “Women’s Cardiovascular Health Plan” follow-up action was launched at the same time. It is hoped that through a complete follow-up questionnaire survey, women’s cognition status and information needs in cardiovascular health management will be deeply explored, and the establishment of a women’s cardiovascular health management platform will be accelerated to provide Chinese women To cover the entire chain of "prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation" and high-quality medical services.
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