Family History of Heart Problems. Posted: 09-19-07 19:49pm
ok my grandfather died of a heart attack
when he was 54, thats really young.. it
was about 20 years ago and medicine has
come a long way but im still worried.
everyone else in my family, on both father
and mothers side have lived very long
lives and my great grandmother is still
going at 101, and my other great
grandmother lived until 98 and was said to
have the heart of an oxe, ox. and my other
grandparents both lived until there 80s..
im only 18 but i do want to know the odds
of me having a heart problem so i can
start to exercise it and be realistic
about any problem i may have down the
road.
i should note i was born with a slight
heart mummer but it cleared in a few days
after birth.
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kathy1965
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Posted: 05-29-08 07:00am
Hello Sheptr2,
Good bless your family. My family has a
short life span. I am 42 and all my
grandparents were deceased by the time I
was born. My grandfather was the last to
go, he was 77.
You need to find out if your father was
obese, had high cholesterol, High blood
pressure and what his diet was. Did he
exercise?
I can tell you that Heart Disease can
strike anyone at anytime. Even thought the
dr.s say diet and exercise are the key to
a healthy heart, you can't believe any of
that. What it does is possibley lowers
your risk of heart disease.
I have friends that are extremley
overweight, don't eat healthy, don't
exercise and have lower blood pressure
then me, their cholesterol is lower then
mine, and i go to the gym 4 nights a week
and do aerobics. Try to figure that out. I
am about 40lbs overweight that is why i
work out. My bp is 120/80, and my total
cholesterol is 182.
I would also suggest if you do start
working out take it slow because you can
stress the heart out and that can cause a
heart attack too.
So it seems like to me, if you eat
healthy, meaning fruits and vegetables and
workout you have a better chance of not
getting heart disease.
I would first go see your family physician
and get a complete physical and also ask
to see a cardiologist and have him run
some test before you start working out to
rule out anything that is associated with
the heart. Don't let your family physician
tell you that you are healthy and do not
need to see a cardiologist, this is your
body and you want to make sure that you
and your heart is healthy enough to start
a workout plan. Ask the cardiologist to do
a angiogram, this will show everything.
