February is Heart Disease Awareness Month - What is Heart Disease?
All Home Care Matters
Enriched Life Home Care Services
5.0 • 88 Ratings
🗓️ 21 February 2022
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
February is Heart Disease Awareness Month and we hope to bring more awareness to our listeners with today’s episode. Heart disease is the number one cause of death in the world. Heart disease is not one specific disease, but it is a term that encompasses several different heart conditions and illnesses.
Today, we hear the stories of 3 individuals with heart disease and learn how they overcame the disease. Listen to today’s episode for first-hand accounts of survivors and what they say is the most important thing to remember.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to All Home Care Matters, the show where we discuss all things home care, |
| 0:06.0 | with discussions on important age-related matters and topics. |
| 0:10.1 | Brought to you by Enriched Life Home Care Services, |
| 0:13.3 | the number one rated home care provider in Michigan by Top-rated Local. Hello and welcome back to All Home Care Matters. |
| 0:27.6 | If this is your first time visiting us here at the show, we want to say thank you for taking |
| 0:31.3 | time out to be with us today. |
| 0:33.2 | We appreciate how valuable everyone's time is, and that's why we try and make each episode |
| 0:36.9 | here at All Home Care Matters, and that's why we try and make each episode here at all |
| 0:37.6 | home care matters, something that will hopefully matter to you. Today, we're going to be talking |
| 0:42.1 | all things heart disease. February is Heart Disease Awareness Month, and you may be wondering |
| 0:47.1 | what exactly heart disease is and why we have an awareness month dedicated to it. According to Comfort |
| 0:52.7 | Caregivers Incorporated, heart disease is a leading |
| 0:55.3 | cause of death among men and women in the United States. Every year, one in four deaths are |
| 1:00.1 | caused by heart disease, and this number increases for women, especially, claiming the lives of one |
| 1:05.2 | and three women. Heart disease is deadly, but what is it? According to Unicity Health Care, |
| 1:17.6 | the phrases heart disease and cardiovascular disease are used interchangeably to describe the various conditions that affect your heart. |
| 1:25.0 | Heart or cardiovascular diseases include blood vessel diseases, heart rhythm problems, and congenital heart defects. |
| 1:32.3 | The most common form of heart disease in the United States is coronary artery disease, or abbreviated as C.A.D. Which occurs when the arteries that supply blood to the heart become hardened and narrowed due to a buildup of cholesterol known as plaque. |
| 1:39.3 | Coronary artery disease can lead to health issues such as heart attack, heart failure, angina and chest |
| 1:45.5 | pain, stroke, and irregular heartbeat. |
| 1:48.0 | Unicity Health Care also says that heart disease can strike anyone, but certain individuals |
| 1:53.0 | may be more at risk than others. |
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