3rd
3rd THROUGH 11th GRADERS. FIND MORE INFORMATION ON THE
DISTRICT'S WEBSITE.
DISTRICT'S WEBSITE. >>> TO YOUR HEALTH, YOU MAY
HAVE NOTICED MORNING RUSH TEAM
WEARING RED TODAY.
WE'RE SUPPORTING NATIONAL WEAR
RED DAY.
RED DAY.
RED DAY. THE AMERICAN HEART
ASSOCIATION'S GO RED FOR WOMEN
MOVEMENT TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR
THE NUMBER ONE KILLER OF WOMEN
WHICH IS HEART DISEASE.
THE FOCUS ON PREVENTING HEART
ATTACKS AND STROKES TAKING ON A
NEW SENSE OF URGENCY AS DOCTORS
REPORT A GROWING
NUMBER OF HEALTHY WOMEN WHO
RECOVERED FROM COVID ARE
SUFFERING FROM HEART DAMAGE.
JOINING ME IS DR. DAVE
MONTGOMERY.
MONTGOMERY. FULL DISCLOSURE, DR. DAVE IS
CARDIOLOGIST.
CARDIOLOGIST. GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING.
LOOKING SPLENDID IN YOUR RED.
>> SO ARE YOU WITH THE RED TIE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HEART DISEASE CLAIMS A
WOMAN'S LIFE EVERY 86 SECONDS.
NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I HEAR
THAT, IT STOPS ME IN MY TRACKS.
IS THIS JUST FOR OLDER WOMEN?
>> NO, AND THAT'S THE
SURPRISING THING.
SURPRISING THING. THE OTHER STATISTIC THAT'S
SURPRISING IS MORE THAN 250,000
WOMEN WILL DIE FROM HEART
DISEASE, MANY OF WHICH SHOULD
NOT DIE.
NOT DIE.
NOT DIE. TO ONE OF YOUR POINTS, WE THINK
HEART DISEASE IS 85 TO 90%
PREVENTABLE.
PREVENTABLE. THIS DESERVES OUR ATTENTION NOT
JUST NOW BUT EVERY DAY OF THE
YEAR.
YEAR.
YEAR. >>
YEAR. >> AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
SAYING 45% OF WOMEN AGE 28 OR
OLDER ARE LIVING WITH SOME FORM
OF HEART DISEASE.
WHAT HEART ISSUES AND LONGTERM
SYMPTOMS ARE YOU SEEING WITH
HEALTHY WOMEN WHO HAVE
RECOVERED FROM COVID?
>> WE ARE GETTING A LOT OF
PEOPLE IN MY PREVENTIVE
CARDIOLOGY PRACTICE SAYING I
GOT DIAGNOSED WITH COVID-19 IN
THE SUMMER OR SPRING.
STILL TODAY IN FEBRUARY 2021,
THEY'RE HAVING SHORTNESS OF
BREATH, CHEST PAINS.
THESE ARE HEALTHY WOMEN, PEOPLE
WITH NO PROBLEMS.
THEY'RE HAVING PALPITATIONS.
THEIR HEART RACES.
WHEN THEY STAND UP THEY'RE
FAINT OR LIGHT HEADED.
SOME WOMEN ARE FAINTING.
WE ARE FINDING THAT MANY OF THE
WOMEN HAVE HEART DAMAGE OR SOME
HEART INFLAMMATION THAT'S LEFT
IN THE WAKE OF THE COVID-19
FIGHT IN THEIR IMMUNE SYSTEM.
THERE WAS A STUDY IN MAY AND
JUNE THAT SHOWED EVEN PEOPLE
WHO DIDN'T HAVE REALLY SEVERE
COVID-19, PEOPLE WHO RECOVERED
AT HOME, HAD SIGNS OF ACTIVE
HEART INFLAMMATION AND REAL
HEART DAMAGE.
HEART DAMAGE. >> HIGHER BLOOD PRESSURE AS
WELL?
WELL?
WELL? >>
WELL? >> YES, BLOOD PRESSURE IS
BECOMING A PROBLEM.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
HEALTHY WOMEN WITH NO PROBLEMS
WITH HEART RATES COMING IN WITH
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. WE
THIS. WE ARE FINDING THIS VIRUS DOES
NOT PLAY BY ANY PLAY BOOK.
IT REALLY IS ATTACKING THE
HEART.
HEART.
HEART. IT'S A LUNG PROBLEM WITH
SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND
COUGHING AND IT THEN BECOMES A
HEART PROBLEM.
HEART PROBLEM. WE ARE ASKING WOMEN TO BE
SCREENED.
SCREENED.
SCREENED. >> SOME OF THE SIGNS OF HEART
ATTACK FOR WOMEN ARE DIFFERENT
THAN MEN.
THAN MEN.
THAN MEN. HOW DO WE KNOW WE ARE IN
TROUBLE.
TROUBLE.
TROUBLE. >> THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT EVERY FEBRUARY I TAKE A
BIT OF CAUTION TO NOT THROW
PEOPLE OFF.
PEOPLE OFF. REMEMBER WHEN WE LIST CLASSIC
SYMPTOMS, PEOPLE KNOW THAT.
FOR WOMEN, CHEST PAIN IS
THE COMMON SYMPTOM.
MANY WOMEN MAY NOT DEVELOP
CHEST PAIN.
CHEST PAIN. THEY MAY HAVE PROFOUND FATIGUE,
NAUSEA, VOMITING, SHORTNESS OF
BREATH.
BREATH.
BREATH. HERE IS WHAT I SAY.
I DON'T WANT TO NAME FIVE
THINGS AND THEY DEVELOP
SOMETHING ELSE AND
MISUNDERSTAND THE SYMPTOM TO BE
HEART DISEASE.
HEART DISEASE. I TELL THEM UPS, UNUSUAL,
PROLONGED OR SEVERE.
IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING
ANYTHING FROM THE TOP OF YOUR
JAW TO THE PIT OF YOUR STOMACH
THAT IS UNUSUAL, PROLONGED,
SEVERE THAT DESERVES UNDIVIDED
ATTENTION AND ATTENTION OF THE
DOCTOR.
DOCTOR.
DOCTOR. >> SEE THE DOCTOR, STICK