by Carolyn Thomas ♥ @HeartSisters
A young 30-something in one of my Heart-Smart Women presentation audiences asked an intriguing question while we were discussing women’s cardiac risk factors. She was worried about her own risk for developing heart disease one day because of her family history. Her mother, she explained, had died several years earlier from a heart attack while only in her 40s. But then this young woman added a few additional facts about her Mum. For example, her mother had also:
- been significantly overweight
- rarely exercised
- lived with poorly managed Type 2 diabetes
- been a heavy smoker for over two decades
This young woman, however, shared none of those risk factors. Should she still be concerned about this family history of heart disease? Continue reading “What I wish I knew back then: “Did my family history of heart disease lead to my heart attack?””
“A lot of people ask me how I knew something wasn’t quite right with my heart. It’s hard to answer, because I’ve suffered with palpitations and chest pain for years, but they didn’t concern any of the cardiologists I saw.”
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