>> New research shows more than 70% of servicemen and women have high blood pressure and
that’s compared to 45% of
civilians. The results are
especially concerning because
high blood pressure
it’s also called the silent
killer it often has no symptoms
can lead to stroke heart
attack. Another health problems
joining me now to talk about
this
new study in more detail talk
to so who is the chief
cardiologist at ascension Saint
Vincent’s Riverside
Shannon is bill who’s retired
Air Force over thanks for being
here stuck, let me start with
you I I saw I was doing this
interview and it kind of
shocked me because you think of
people who are
retired military, you think OK
they’ve got to basic training.
You know they stay
in shape and they’re conscious
of their health, especially
when they’ve been in the
military. It’s contrary to
popular belief absolutely why.
So this is a very surprising
study. You know people in the
military actually screened out
if you have high blood pressure
so you would expect.
This population of a much lower
incidence of high blood
pressure so there.
You know in general in better
shape they’re in general
healthy when they start the in
the military and they should
have better health than the
than the general population.
So Shannon you like your fit
guy when you got the diagnosis
Rica’s priced. Oh yeah so I was very surprised that the you know the came down and talk
that because I.
>> Didn’t have
really any. High blood pressure
or anything like that.
But I’m and make you notice
when I was doing our PT test.
No our annual PT test my times
kept going down. And laboring
so that’s when I went and got
it
checked out. So what did it go
back to was it was a family
history was that lifestyle.
>> They really couldn’t it
could 9.
Pinpoint it down to what it
was.
When they started doing some UK
deason echocardiograms they
found a had a mitral valve
prolapse which you know might
have caused it, but. They
repair that and this can you
know getting worse or
son then moving out here and
now but doctor Rosa went
through some ablation procedure
that’s taking care of that when
a you know he talked about that
survey I
was very very surprised what
you seem to think that causes
so I’m you know everything else
being equal. You know one thing when there is that stress so this really shows that.
>> Stress plays a pivotal role
and credit
disease. from the military
often have traumatic. You
crises during during the
service of PTSD has been shown
as a link to increased
blood pressure. There’s
actually a study that shows
that yoga for example reduces
the incidence of a chill
fibrillation in patients that
practice yoga only one hour
twice a week
that shows that reducing that
stress burden reducing the K to
call means in your body.
That’s a prevent heart disease
and this is a really importance
say that shows the importance
of stress and reducing stress
in your life
to reduce your risk for
cardiovascular disease and a
lot of times when these men and
women who have been in the
military, especially in a in a
war situation or a very tense
situation.
>> They don’t like to talk
about that just adds to the
stress and probably exacerbates
the health situation.
Absolutely it’s a no
stress depression. There’s so
many things that a lead to
worse outcomes with
cardiovascular disease. I think
with Chan and I mean that that
could have definitely been one
of the causes because otherwise
he’s a very healthy
healthy men. So so the easy
answer is before you get a
situation like Shannon had.
Take time for yourself. The
stress and just basically
exercise relax a little bit and
they carry yourself absolutely
I mean it’s it’s it’s what your
doctors have all been telling
you all these years uh
you know lifestyle really does
make a huge difference. Yeah,
you eating properly,
relaxing distressing exercise
that makes a big difference in
the overall health of of the
body and can prevent
cardiovascular disease,
especially for guys who usually
don’t listen to their wives
don’t listen to the doctors and
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