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Post by abbey1227 on Oct 3, 2024 2:29:47 GMT
Yahoo Life
Heart attacks in young people are rare — but rates are rising. Experts point to 4 possible reasons.
Natalie Rahhal·Reporter Wed, October 2, 2024
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Post by Fetzer Zinfandel ♀︎ on Oct 3, 2024 2:35:42 GMT
Obesity
Diabetes
Covid
and... what?
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Oct 3, 2024 2:44:53 GMT
Obesity Diabetes Covid and... what? Why.......Global Warming.......of course. |
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Post by Catman on Oct 3, 2024 2:48:55 GMT
Dogs.
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Post by abbey1227 on Oct 3, 2024 13:53:15 GMT
Cats, of course
They suffocate children, too
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Post by hugsfromlv426 on Oct 3, 2024 14:11:24 GMT
Obesity Diabetes Covid and... what? Stimulant abuse. |
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Post by Fetzer Zinfandel ♀︎ on Oct 3, 2024 14:55:59 GMT
Obesity Diabetes Covid and... what? Stimulant abuse. Or opioid abuse. |
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Post by abbey1227 on Oct 3, 2024 14:59:32 GMT
Obesity Diabetes Covid and... what? Stimulant abuse. Adults under 50 are by no means the only age group affected by the so-called obesity epidemic, but experts suspect their cardiovascular health may be impacted more dramatically than that of older generations. “Even though obesity has increased in every age group, the slope of increase is much steeper in young adults than older adults,” Dr. Andrew Moran, a Columbia University preventive cardiologist and epidemiologist, tells Yahoo Life. That may be, in part, because “nutrition habits are pretty well-formed in childhood,” Cedars-Sinai cardiology professor Dr. Noel Bairey Merz tells Yahoo Life. “I still eat pretty much the way I was raised” in the 1950s and 1960s, she says. “This was before fast food, before all the highly processed and snacking foods,” she explains. Fast food became widely available following World War II, and by 2010, the share of meals that people eat out had eclipsed the proportion cooked at home. Younger patients — those now in their 40s and below — developed their eating habits in the heyday of McDonald’s, Doritos, snack bars and Big Gulps. Bairey Merz suspects that younger adults who were raised with a diet full of these high-calorie, low-nutrient foods are still eating them out of habits formed in childhood. Low-quality diets and more sedentary lifestyles have contributed to the development of what Bairey Merz calls the “diabesity epidemic,” referring to the coinciding increases in obesity and diabetes rates. Obesity and diabetes are major risk factors for high blood pressure. And all three are risk factors for cardiovascular disease and heart attacks because they can damage blood vessels and put a strain on your heart.
2. COVID may have fueled a further increase in premature heart attacksWe now know that COVID-19 can damage the heart and cardiovascular system, in some cases causing a dangerous form of heart inflammation called myocarditis, as well as attacking the lungs. Severe infections are relatively rare among young people. But when they happen, it’s often to young adults with risk factors for heart attacks, including obesity, says Moran. “The virus’s effect on the heart muscle has led to acute cardiovascular events related to COVID,” he explains. During the first two years of the COVID pandemic, there were 30% more heart attack deaths than would be expected among people between ages 25 and 44, one study found. Another study estimated that 4 out of every 100 people in the U.S. develop some heart-related symptom in the year after they recover from COVID. “We have to look at the traditional risk factors like obesity and hypertension,” which we know are rising among young adults, Cleveland Clinic cardiologist Dr. Ashish Sarraju tells Yahoo Life. “But it’s hard to ignore that the COVID-19 pandemic happened at the same time, and the virus affects the heart in a number of different ways that we’re still trying to understand, so we need to look at nontraditional factors as well.”
3. Younger men are ‘lost to the health care system’Men of all ages are more likely than women to suffer heart attacks. But young men — more of whom are now obese, diabetic or both — with warning signs may slip more easily through the cracks, says Moran. “A proportion of young women will end up in the medical system because they see a gynecologist,” which is recommended annually, he explains. “But young adult men are basically lost to the health care system ... they don’t know if they have high blood pressure or diabetes until they wind up in the hospital.”
4. Smoking, diabetes, periods and stress: Unique risk factors for younger women
The rise in heart attack rates has been steepest among young women, some research suggests. From 1995 to 2014, hospitalizations for heart attacks in women between ages 35 and 54 rose from 21% to 31%, according to one study. Bairey Merz is among those trying to find out why the rate is spiking among young women, and she has several theories. For one, “the ‘diabesity’ epidemic is clearly contributing to a rising rate of heart disease,” she says. “And diabetes is a stronger risk factor [for cardiovascular problems] for women than for men, but we don’t know why.”
There’s also the problem of smoking and vaping, both of which increase the risk of a heart attack. “We clearly are seeing a demographic of college-educated women who are more likely to start smoking when they go away to college ... for what they say is weight management,” Bairey Merz says. She adds that e-cigarettes are a big part of this problem and are likely just as bad for cardiovascular health as traditional cigarettes.
Finally, the relationship between stress, periods and hormones may pose a unique heart attack risk to women. This is an emerging area of research, says Bairey Merz. “But it’s becoming pretty clear in research that younger women are facing more stress, anxiety and pressure, and a lot of this is related to social media.” High levels of stress can disrupt menstrual cycles; specifically, it can lead to missed periods. “When you’re not ovulating each month, your estrogen levels are very low and this is a contributing factor to heart disease” and, consequently, heart attacks, Bairey Merz explains.
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Post by OldSamVimes on Oct 3, 2024 15:40:04 GMT
The Covid vaccines are known to cause myocarditis. Gee... I wonder why so many young people are suddenly getting heart problems? They did a public awareness campaign about Sudden Adult Death Syndrome after the vaccine rollouts. 'Safe and effective' ![[goofball]](http://storage.proboards.com/6870873/images/sZVTCkd0EJeSSgLSQuLu.gif) |
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Post by jimmywynn on Oct 3, 2024 16:49:43 GMT
The Covid vaccines are known to cause myocarditis. Gee... I wonder why so many young people are suddenly getting heart problems? They did a public awareness campaign about Sudden Adult Death Syndrome after the vaccine rollouts. 'Safe and effective' Blah, blah, blah, blah. |
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Post by Dracula on Oct 3, 2024 16:53:29 GMT
Yeah man let's see if "some people" have an idea, and also nutty memes might have an idea that suits your feelings.
As far as facts and evidence that conspiracy theorists are allergic to, sorry but a 0.2% rise in heart attacks in 18-44 year-olds is not the result of a conspiracy about the government using the Covid vaccine to kill you, and there in fact exists a solid reason for that rise.
As explained in your article, the dramatic rise in obesity among young people would be the main culprit. Simple as that. Covid, the disease itself, can affect the cardiovascular system so that's another thing mentioned as a possible contributing factor. The vaccine though, if anything, is what minimized the damage Covid did to anyone vaccinated.
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Post by blacktothefuture on Oct 3, 2024 17:04:23 GMT
Yahoo Life Heart attacks in young people are rare — but rates are rising. Experts point to 4 possible reasons.Natalie Rahhal·Reporter Wed, October 2, 2024  |
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Post by hugsfromlv426 on Oct 3, 2024 17:06:49 GMT
The Covid vaccines are known to cause myocarditis. Gee... I wonder why so many young people are suddenly getting heart problems? They did a public awareness campaign about Sudden Adult Death Syndrome after the vaccine rollouts. 'Safe and effective' Are there reliable number on that? |
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Post by jimmywynn on Oct 3, 2024 18:17:17 GMT
1 out of 100 infected die from Covid during the pandemic.
MAGA: "Why make a deal out of such a tiny amount. People die every day. They're just trying to scare us."
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1 out of 100,000 die from the vaccination.
MAGA: "The jabs are unsafe. They are trying to kill us. People are mysteriously dropping like files. HELP!"
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Post by ShadowSouL Likes This on Oct 4, 2024 1:09:16 GMT
Reading and posting on IMDB1.
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