Top Threats to Women’s Health

Top Threats to Women’s Health

Many of the primary threats to women’s health can be prevented — if you know how. The top most reasons of death among adult women in the United States. include heart disease, stroke, cancer, chronic lower respiratory disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and unintentional injuries, according to information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Take control by talking with your medic about your risk factors for these situations. Then get serious about reducing your risk.

Manage chronic conditions and get suggested screenings

If you have health problems — such as high cholesterol, high blood pressure or diabetes — that increase your risk of heart disease and stroke, follow your doctor’s treatment references. Also, check with your doctor about when you should have mammograms and other cancer screenings.

Adopt a healthier lifestyle

While you can’t exclude risk factors such as family antiquity, you can control other risk reasons for heart disease, stroke and cancer. For example:

1. Don’t smoke. If you are smoke or use other tobacco products, ask your doctors to help you quit from smoking. Avoid exposure to recycled smoke.

• Eat a healthy diet. Pick fresh vegetables, fruits, whole grains, high-fiber foods and lean sources of protein, such as fish. Limit diets high in saturated fat, added sugar and sodium.

• Maintain a healthy weight. Maintain your weight according to your age. Losing additional pounds — and keeping them off — this can lower your risk of heart disease as well as various types of cancer.
• Get moving. Daily some Exercise can help you control your weight and lower your risk of heart illness and stroke. May be its also lower your risk of certain types of cancer? Select activities you enjoy, from brisk walking to ballroom dancing.
• Limit alcohol. If you choose to drink alcohol, do so only in self-control. For women, that means no more than one drinks a day. A drink is two ounces of standard 81-proof liquor, 10 ounces of beer, or a four-ounce glass of wine. The risk of a number of types of cancer — including liver and breast — seems to increase with the amount of alcohol you drink and the interval of time you’ve been drinking regularly.

• Manage stress. If you feel continually on edge or under assault, your lifestyle habits might hurt — and so might your immune system. Follow some scenarios to reduce your stress — or learn to deal with stress in healthy ways.

A healthy lifestyle also might play a role in avoiding Alzheimer’s disease.

Other preventive steps

Women are more helpless than men to lung damage from inhaled smoke and contaminants. This puts women at high risk of illness and even expiry from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease — which includes bronchitis and emphysema.

You can keep your respiratory health by not smoking and avoiding exposure to recycled smoke. Try to reduce your exposure to chemicals and outside air pollution. Also, avert respiratory toxicities by cleaning your hands frequently and getting a yearly flu vaccine. Consult your doctor whether you need a pneumonia vaccine as well.

Another public cause of death among women is two wheeler or four wheeler motor vehicle accidents. To stay safe on the road from accidents, it better to wear your seat belt and helmet. Follow traffic rules and the speed limit. Don’t drive under the consuming of alcohol or any other substances, and don’t drive while sleepy.

Don’t feel overwhelmed by women’s health risks. Instead, do whatever you want to lead a healthy lifestyle with proper guidelines. Basic precautionary measures can go a long way toward decreasing your risks.

At Dr. Reddy Family Doctors, we can be your primary provider for women’s health, but no matter whom you choose, please make sure you’re getting your age-appropriate screenings.

We offer most all of women’s health services.

Call us at 972.870.0788 to find out more