>>LENA PRINGLE: WELCOME BACK EVERYONE AND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ONE HELPING YOU LIVE
HEALTHY THE LAST THING YOU WANT
IS A CHRISTMAS EMERGENCY
RIGHT NOW.
>>LAUREN VERNO: SO ACCORDING TO
A STUDY IN THE BRITISH MEDICAL
JOURNAL THE RISK OF HEART
ATTACK PEAKS AT 10:00PM ON
CHRISTMAS EVE, ESPECIALLY FOR
OLDER AND
SICKER PEOPLE. SO RESEARCHERS
FOUND A 37% HIGHER RISK OF
HEART ATTACKS ON
THE HOLIDAY AS WELL AS
INCREASED RISK OF AN ON NEW
YEAR’S DAY AND THEN ALSO AGAIN
ON CHRISTMAS DAY.
SO JOINING ME NOW TO TALK ABOUT
WHAT CAUSES THE SPIKE AND ALSO
HOW TO AVOID
IS DOCTOR SAMBERG AIR AS HE WAS
A CARDIOLOGIST WITH ASCENSION
SAINT VINCENT GOOD MORNING TO
YOU.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN THIS IS VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT 10:00PM
USUALLY PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO
WIND DOWN MAYBE BEFORE
CHRISTMAS DAY. WHY IS THIS TIME
SO CRUCIAL. >> YEAH, THIS IS AN INTERESTING PROBLEM THAT WE SEE EVERY YEAR
WHAT HAPPENS DURING THE
HOLIDAYS, PEOPLE DO A LOT OF
CHANGES IN
THEIR HABITS. THEY EAT A
SOMETIMES THEY DRINK A LOT I
KNOW THAT’S NOT TO BELIEVE A
BULL, BUT SOMETIMES THAT
DOES HAPPEN HAS ALSO STRESS
LEVEL WE ALL THINK IT’S FUN AND
ALL THESE CAN BE VERY STRESSFUL
FOR PEOPLE SENT SPECIAL ED
ELDERLY PEOPLE THAT DON’T HAVE
EVERYTHING WE DO ALL HAVE BEEN
CERTAINLY COULD BE A VERY HIGH
ANXIETY LEVEL ALL THESE THINGS
CAN INCREASE THE INFORMATION
ART BASEL’S IT CAN BE TO FASTER
HEART RATE HR FORMULATION
AND WE CERTAINLY CAN YOU
DEFINITELY SEE AN INCREASE IN
HEART ATTACKS AND PATIENTS
COMING IN WITH THE START AND SO
IT’S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT
AND TRY TO DO SOME THINGS TO
OFFSET SOME OF
THE DANGER.
>>LENA PRINGLE: YEAH LET ME ASK
BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU THINK
USUALLY PEOPLE ARE PARTYING MAY
BE THE WEEKEND BEFORE CHRISTMAS
AND LIKE AS YOU MENTIONED THEY
MAY NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE
EVERYDAY DRINK A LITTLE
BIT MORE. IS THAT DOES HAS A
CUMULATIVE OR DOES THAT KIND OF
GET OUT OF YOUR
SYSTEM DAILY.
>> NO NO IT CERTAINLY ADDS UP
SO WE THERE’S A LOT OF WEIGHT
GAIN THAT HAPPENS A LOT OF SALT
IN PEOPLE LIKE I SAID
THINK OR AND ALL OF A SUDDEN
PEOPLE EVEN DON’T TAKE THE
MEDICINE THEY DON’T EXERCISE
REGULARLY. SO YOU CAN HAVE AN
ACCUMULATION OF THE WEEK OR 2
WHERE YOUR HELP IS IGNORED AND
GOES DOWN THE DRAIN.
SO IT’S CRITICAL THAT WE
CONTINUE TO DO ALL THE RIGHT
THINGS WE CONTINUE TO WATCH
WHAT WE SO CERTAINLY YOU CAN
EAT SOME GOOD FOOD.
BUT ALSO BE AWARE THAT YOU NEED
TO MAYBE
CUT OUT THE NEXT ME A LITTLE
BIT AND EAT LESS AND DRINK LESS
THE NEXT DAY. WHAT HAPPENS
IS ACCUMULATION LEADS TO A VERY
SIGNIFICANT STRESS ON THE HEART
AND THE HEART ARTERIES AND OUR
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND IT CAN BE
VERY DANGEROUS. >>LAUREN VERNO: YEAH YOU HAVE TO PLAN IT OUT YOU KNOW YOU
JUST CAN’T EAT BADLY EVERY DAY
FOR A WEEK LIKE YEAH, IT DOES
ADD UP, SO WHAT ARE THOSE
CRUCIAL SIGNS OF A HEART ATTACK
IN MY MAMA STAYING WITH ME AND
WE HAD AN ISSUE WHERE SHE
WASN’T TELLING ME EXACTLY HOW
SHE WAS FEELING SO IT’S
IMPORTANT THAT YOU OPEN THOSE
LINES OF COMMUNICATION.
>> YEAH THAT’S VERY VERY
IMPORTANT ESPECIALLY DURING
COVID WHERE A LOT OF PATIENTS
ARE NOT COMING IN WITH THEIR
HEART ATTACKS BECAUSE THEY’RE
STILL A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED
EVEN THOUGH THE HOSPITAL’S VERY
SAFE FOR PATIENTS ARE
COMING IN. SO IT IS CRITICAL TO
BE AWARE OF IF YOUR HEART IS
RACING IF YOU’RE HAVING CHEST
DISCOMFORT IF YOU’RE SHORT OF
BREATH OR YOU’RE JUST BASICALLY
CAN’T YOU KNOW FEELING EXTRA
FATIGUE. SO IT’S REALLY A VERY
IMPORTANT TO
BE AWARE OF YOUR SYMPTOMS AND
YOUR LOVED ONES AND ASKED HIM
SOME TIME SOME OF THE ELDERLY
PATIENTS LIKE YOU SAID THEY
DON’T WANT TO TELL YOU THE SAME
AS A MOM THAT HOW ARE YOU DOING
ARE YOU HAVING ARE YOU FEELING
BADLY. SO THAT WAY SHE CAN SEEK
CARE AND HELP PREVENT
>>LAUREN VERNO: YEAH, AND 911
OBVIOUSLY IF YOU START TO SEE
THOSE THINGS CALL THAT CALL
THEM IMMEDIATELY. I TELL YOU
PARAMEDICS THEY ARE AMAZING.
THEY WILL COME OUT THEY WILL
MAKE SURE THAT YOU’RE OK AND
THEY’LL SEND YOU TO THE
HOSPITAL NECESSARY. BUT THERE’S
ALSO SOME THINGS THAT YOU CAN
DO IMMEDIATELY AT HOME TO TRY
TO KIND OF PREVENT THIS.
>> SO I ACTUALLY IT’S VERY
IMPORTANT TO TAKE YOUR
MEDICINES LIKE YOU’RE SUPPOSED
TO PEOPLE SKIP THEIR
MEDICATIONS IS CRITICAL THAT
YOU TAKE YOUR MEDICINE LIKE
YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO MAKE SURE
YOU FOLLOW DOCTOR A DOCTOR’S
ADVICE, MAKE SURE YOU SIT DOWN
AND RELAX
AND THERE ARE SOME MEDICATIONS
THAT PATIENTS TO TAKE WHEN
THEY’RE HAVING
A PROBLEM BUT AGAIN IF YOU HAVE
TO BE IF YOU’RE TAKING MEDICINE
BECAUSE YOU’RE NOT FEELING.
WELL, IT’S IMPORTANT TO CALL
YOUR DOCTOR LET THEM KNOW AND
IF THINGS ARE NOT GETTING
BETTER WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME. THEY NEED TO COME IN AND
SEEK CARE AND KUDOS TO ALL THOSE FIRST RESPONDERS ARE ALWAYS GOING OUT THERE AND
HELPING US TAKE CARE OF OUR
FAMILY THAT HAS TO TELL YOU
THEY ARE AMAZING AND THEY
REALLY DO PUT YOU AT EASE AND I
JUST SEE HERE ON THE NOTE I
WANT
TO SAY.
>> OF JOINTS WHILE AN ASPIRIN
WHICH CAN HELP OUT IF YOU HAVE
NITROGLYCERIN IF THAT’S
PRESCRIBED YOU CAN TAKE THAT
AS WELL.
>> YEAH ABSOLUTELY, BUT THAT
JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT YOUR
BACKGROUND HEALTH IS A JOY THAT
IS WHAT YOUR DOCTOR
HAS THAT DESCRIBE FOR YOU THEN
YOU SHOULD DO THAT, BUT YOU
SHOULDN’T JUST START THAT
THERAPIES WITHOUT HAVING THAT
AS YOUR BIG
CRACK BACKGROUND.
>> PRESCRIPTION RIGHT OKAY,
GREAT GREAT ADVICE GREAT
ADVICE, BUT I KEEP PEOPLE