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National Wear Red Day is Friday, February 1. The day officially kicks off American Hearth Month, which is a federally designated event.
Millions of people across the country wear red clothing to raise awareness for the Go Red for Women movement and save more lives from cardiovascular diseases. According to the American Heart Association, every 38 seconds, someone dies from cardiovascular disease.
American Heart Month is a great time to encourage friends, family and colleagues to focus on
their heart health.
Jean DeKeyser, Vice President of Surgical Specialties, Clinically Integrated Network with ThedaCare and Kelli VanderWielen Corporate Events Director with the American Heart Association to discuss ways the month and ways to improve heart health.
The American Heart Association and ThedaCare have come together to create the first Life is Why partnership in
Wisconsin. In addition to American Heart Month, Go Red for Women is a movement to raise awareness of cardiovascular diseases in women. Heart disease is the #1 killer of women, but fewer than 20% of women consider heart disease or stroke to be their biggest health threat.
For women, the classic signs of heart attack like sudden, intense chest pain might not happen to them. Instead, heart attacks in women may start out slowly with just mild pain.
Symptoms might be:
- A fullness or uncomfortable pressure in your chest that goes away and comes back
- Pain or discomfort in one or both arms, back, neck, jaw or stomach
- Shortness of breath
- Cold sweat, nausea, vomiting, lightheadedness
If you have any of these signs, do not wait. Call 9-1-1!
Cardiovascular diseases take the lives of one in three women. But 80 percent of cardiac events in women can be prevented with healthy choices in diet, fitness and lifestyle (like stopping smoking). Knowing your health history and making healthy lifestyle changes will make an impact on your heart and potentially save your life.
To take part in National Wear Red Day, post a photo of your family, friends and colleagues in red and use #FCGoesRed.
