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Since 1984, more women than men have died each year from heart disease and the gap between men and women’s survival continues to widen.
These are the risk factors that is responsible for the Heart Attack in Women.
👉Diabetes
Women with diabetes are more likely to develop heart disease than are men with diabetes.
Also, it has been found that diabetes can change the way women feel pain, there's an increased risk of having a silent heart attack — without symptoms.
👉Smoking
Smoking effects in both men and women but is a greater risk factor for heart disease in women than it is in men.
👉Emotional stress and depression
Stress and depression affect women's hearts more than men's.
👉Menopause
Low levels of estrogen after menopause increase the risk of developing disease in smaller blood vessels.
👉Pregnancy complications
High blood pressure or diabetes during pregnancy can increase the mother's long-term risk of high blood pressure and diabetes.
These conditions also make women more likely to get heart disease.
Sources- mayoclinic.org