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Written By: Editorial Team | Updated : February 25, 2015 6:00 PM IST
पुरूषांप्रमाणेच स्त्रीयांमध्येही धुम्रपानाचे प्रमाण वाढते आहे. याचा परिणाम त्यांच्या आई होण्याच्या क्षमतेवर होत आहे. डॉ. रामनाथनच्या मते, धुम्रपानामुळे स्त्रियांमध्ये मासिक पाळीची अनियमितता, मोनोपॉजचा काळ लवकर येणे, सर्व्हीकल कॅन्सर होण्याची शक्यता वाढते. याचबरोबर धुम्रपानामुळे फेलोपियन ट्युब्समध्ये अडथळा निर्माण होतो. व परिणामी स्त्री बीज व शुक्राणूंचा संयोग होत नाही. काही स्त्रियांमध्ये अति प्रमाणात धुम्रपान केल्याने गर्भपात होण्याची , वांझपणा येण्याची शक्यता असते.
Busy and stressful lifestyle is one of the reasons increasing number of young women have started exhibiting symptoms of heart attack and other lifestyle diseases. Earliest symptoms of an impending heart attack, such as pain, dizziness and delay in seeking emergency medical care are often ignored as false alarms by young women a new study says.
Judith Lichtman, associate professor at Yale School of Public Health and lead researcher of the study said that young women with multiple risk factors and a strong family history of cardiac disease should prevent assuming that they are too young to have a heart attack. (Read:Stress makes heart attack recovery worse in women)
For the study, the researchers examined the experiences of 30 women ranging in age from 30 to 55 years old who were hospitalised with acute myocardial infarction (AMI, heart attack).'Participants in our study said they were concerned about initiating a false alarm in case their symptoms were due to something other than a heart attack,' said Lichtman. 'Identifying strategies to empower women to recognise symptoms and seek prompt care without stigma or perceived judgment may be particularly critical for young women at an increased risk for heart disease,'she pointed out. (Read: Heart attacks in women 7 symptoms you should be aware of)
The researchers conducted in-depth interviews with young women and found that patients inaccurately assessed their personal risk of heart disease.Each year, in the United States alone, more than 15,000 women under the age of 55 die from heart disease, ranking it as a leading cause of death for this age group, the researchers noted. 'In addition to promoting knowledge about heart disease and encouraging more prompt care-seeking behaviour, another important goal for this population of women is improving preventive heart care,' said Lichtman. (Read:
Why women are likelier to die of a heart attack)
The study appeared in the journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.
With inputs from IANS
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