How to monitor your heart

The heart is the essential organ of life. Often abused with modern life, it is obviously to protect and monitor it while having a correct lifestyle. Men's Health  give advice you to learn how to monitor your heart rate according to your age.

Even if we talk about it unless other diseases, stroke and heart attack each year kill thousands of our citizens. Obviously the older you get more the risks increase, but we can also know what kind of trouble we may face at 20 or 30 years.

It is essential to regularly measure the risks you have and adopts a lifestyle that reduces risk factors. Two experts give tips according to each age of your life.

At the twenty
"Men often have the same problem at that age. They do not realize they can also be affected by heart problems" notes Dr. Eric Topel, director of the Scripps Translational Science. He added "This is unfortunate because this is the ideal age to begin to adopt a healthy and exercises that maintain the core, that is to say 30 minutes of exercise five times a week and monitor his weight and his cholesterol level and tri glycerides ".

It is imperative to a blood test every year and see her doctor based on their family history. If all results are good you'll rest easy. "If ever you practice sports intensively, ask your doctor to prescribe an exercise test in order to ensure that your heart does not fail" advises Dr. John Elefteriades, chief doctor of cardiology Yale University.

"If you have an aneurysm that can not fail to notice the symptoms, the only way to realize this is an electrocardiogram" said Dr. Elefteriades.

The checklist:
30 minutes of at least 5 times per week
An annual blood test
An electrocardiogram  

At the thirty
"The majority of cardiac dysfunction and strengths are clearly hereditary and does not necessarily twenties" said Dr. Elefteriades. Therefore it is necessary to repeat an electrocardiogram to take stock. More so if you regularly lift weights, do contact sports, football or any sport that solicits intense and fast.

Past thirty-five years it is desirable to make an ECG at least every 6.5 years. The test is to see the condition of the heart and prevent possible clogging of the arteries, which can disturb the flow of blood clots and generate.

The checklist:
30 minutes of at least 5 times per week
An annual blood test
An electrocardiogram 10 years after the first

A quarantine your doctor should monitor your condition more closely than before. For this you just have to perform regular blood tests that can see the evolution of cholesterol, tri glycerides, etc..

The checklist:
30 minutes of at least 5 times per week
An annual blood test
An electrocardiogram every five years.

At the fifty
50 years is a critical age in which we develop coronary problems explained Dr. Topel. It is therefore essential to a stress test. This allows to see how, does your heart reacts in the progression of the effort by measuring blood pressure as you walk or cycle. Gradually, as the test gets harder, you need more oxygen vote forcing the heart to pump harder.

The test also highlights the state of your arteries and determines how far you can make sporting endeavors.

The checklist:
30 minutes of at least 5 times per week
An annual blood test
An electrocardiogram 10 years after the last
An exercise test

Regardless of age
If you suddenly feel a big pain in the heart and left arm go immediately to the nearest hospital. These are the two main symptoms of a heart attack.

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