UW Medicine: Most heat attack deaths happen Christmas week - KXLY Spokane

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SPOKANE, Wash. — Your wellness is important this vacation season.

We aren’t talking astir the flu oregon COVID-19. Your bosom is astatine superior hazard this vacation season, and doctors are trying to dispersed the word.

Doctors are urging Americans to enactment their bosom wellness astatine the apical of their vacation to-do list. According to UW Medicine, much radical dice from bosom attacks betwixt Christmas Day (Dec. 25) and New Year’s Day (Jan. 1) compared to immoderate different week of the year. UW Medicine says Christmas time is the deadliest time erstwhile it comes to bosom attacks. Dec. 26 and Jan. 1 are the 2nd and 3rd highest dates for bosom attacks respectively

Doctors accidental starring factors see household accent and falling retired of bully habits similar eating healthy.

“It is simply a precise perchance superior information that causes radical to make bosom nonaccomplishment symptoms,” Dr. Eugene Yang, a cardiologist with the UW Medicine Heart Institute, said. “Certain radical mightiness beryllium much predisposed to it, but you tin person nary past of immoderate heart-related conditions and portion excessively oregon devour excessively overmuch intoxicant during the holidays, and you could make a concern wherever you make atrial fibrillation, congestive bosom nonaccomplishment — adjacent successful the lack of immoderate preexisting hazard factors.”

Increased intoxicant intake and a deficiency of slumber are different large concerns for what doctors telephone “Holiday Heart” syndrome.

Doctors accidental to wage attraction to informing signs similar thorax symptom and shortness of breath.

“It’s not conscionable an contented that vacation bosom is simply a benign condition,” Yang said. “It really is simply a precise perchance superior information that causes radical to make bosom nonaccomplishment symptoms.”

Another reminder: ne'er postpone a sojourn to the doctor.

READ: Keep your favored harmless during this week’s acold temperatures

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