Heart Disease | Stroke | Prevention | Risk Factors | Signs and Symptoms |
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A group of conditions affecting the structure and function of the heart
What is Heart Disease?
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Sudden loss of brain function caused by rupturing of brain vessels or a blockage in blood flow
What is a Stroke?
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False. Smoking does increase your risk of a heart attack.
True or False? Smoking and second hand smoke has no correlation to heart disease?
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High Blood Pressure
What is the number one risk for a stroke and a major risk for heart disease?
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Chest pain or pressure
What is the most common sign of a heart attack?
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Coronary Artery Disease
What heart condition is the most common?
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True. Blood supplied to the brain gets cut off and therefore the brain does not receive the oxygen needed to prevent cell death
True or False? Stroke cause brain death?
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True. Stress increases your blood pressure which can increase your risk of a heart attack.
True or False? Reducing stress works better than supplements for heart disease?
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True. 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men are at risk for heart disease or a stroke
True or False? Women are more likely to have heart disease then men?
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False. Men and women experience very similar signs and symptoms of a heart attack.
True or False? Women experience different signs and symptoms of a heart attack than men?
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Heart attacks can occur at any age but your risk increases over the age of 65
What is the most common age that people have heart attacks?
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Affects the ability to move, see, remember, speak, reason, read and write
What area of the body can a stroke affect?
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150 minutes a week.
How many minutes of physical activity should you do a week to decrease your risk of having a heart attack or stroke?
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Stress
New studies are supporting the relation between _______ and heart disease and stroke?
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Stroke
Loss of strength in one side can be a sign of what?
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Cardiac Arrest- occurs when the heart unexpectedly stops
Heart attacks can lead to ____________.
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Any person at any age can have a stroke
What population is more at risk for a stroke?
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False. Alcohol increases your blood pressure.
True or False? Drinking alcohol decreases your blood pressure?
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Smoking, physical inactivity, being overweight, diabetes, high blood cholesterol
Name two risk factors for a stroke.
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Stroke
Trouble speaking and vision problems can be a sign of what?
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AED- Automated External Defibrillator which is an machine used to restart the heart
What can you use to restart the heart in the event of a heart attack
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False. Those who have had a heart attack are at an increased risk for a stroke because when someone has a heart attack it cuts off the supply of blood to the brain which can lead to cell death due to lack of oxygen causing a stroke.
True or False? Someone who has had a heart attack is not at greater risk for having a stroke?
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60% are overweight or obese which is a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke.
What percentage of Canadian adults are over weight or obese?
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Heart Disease and Stroke
High cholesterol can lead to a build up of plaque in the artery walls narrowing the arteries which can increase your risk of _________.
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Facial Drooping, Arm Weakness, Speaking Difficulties, and Time (to call 911)
What does F.A.S.T stand for?
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