Doctors continue to debate the impact of cold weather on the condition of the heart. Earlier, the Swedish scientists made a statement that in the winter dramatically increases the risk of heart attack – subzero temperatures, according to them, provokes vascular spasms. The Russian physicians on this account voiced different opinions.
Swedish researchers published in the journal JAMA Cardiolgy arguments that the vasoconstriction occurring in the cold, reduces blood flow, and with it the amount of oxygen flowing to the heart, is fraught with a heart attack and even death. Russian cardiologist Yuri Konyaev, commenting on the data, I noticed that the phenomenon of heart problems in the cold specialists in fact has long been known, there is even a stable term – cold angina.
The doctor reported that research in this field has been conducted in the Soviet era: the scientists studied the health of migrants and residents of Siberia.
“Research suggests that migrants in Siberia always felt worse. And all the maxims of the strong Siberian health-does not stand up to scrutiny. The only way to protect yourself is to live where you were born, and it is desirable to be born in a warm Mediterranean climate,” – said the expert.
The cardiologist said that heart very badly affected by a sharp change in climatic zones. Prevention of heart disease, according to Konev, can be different for each person, so it would be best to seek individual advice of a doctor.
Another Russian specialist, cardiologist, Vladimir khoroshev, confirmed the existence of Swedish scientists identified the relationship between heart attacks and low temperatures. Khoroshev agreed that extreme cold can cause vascular spasm, triggering mechanisms in different cardiac diseases. According to the cardiologist, among the Russians “special risk of heart disease affects women aged 40 years and men 37 years.” The expert noted that in this age men and women in the body is undergoing significant hormonal changes that affect the propensity for heart disorders.
According to Khorosheva, Europeans are more attentive to their health in the cold than the Russians. In Sweden, with the onset of cold weather trying to warm up – wear thick socks the special underwear. In the winter, you can often find easy-dressed women.
“When women wear light clothing in the cold, in the inguinal folds permeates the cold air, and there are powerful arterial trunks. The result is cooling, and the temperature of the blood is reduced,” warned the doctor, advising in the winter, all warm clothes.
However, not all doctors agree that frost is certainly a blow to the heart. According to Medicforma, compliance with medical recommendations, available on this account, allows you to protect health in winter.