Heart Disease Stroke Prevention Risk Factors Signs and Symptoms
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A group of conditions affecting the structure and function of the heart
What is Heart Disease?
100
Sudden loss of brain function caused by rupturing of brain vessels or a blockage in blood flow
What is a Stroke?
100
False. Smoking does increase your risk of a heart attack.
True or False? Smoking and second hand smoke has no correlation to heart disease?
100
High Blood Pressure
What is the number one risk for a stroke and a major risk for heart disease?
100
Chest pain or pressure
What is the most common sign of a heart attack?
200
Right Atrium
Deoxygenated blood enter the heart on the ride side through the?
200
True. Blood supplied to the brain gets cut off and therefore the brain does not receive the oxygen needed to prevent cell death
True or False? Stroke cause brain death?
200
True. Stress increases your blood pressure which can increase your risk of a heart attack.
True or False? Reducing stress works better than supplements for heart disease?
200
True. 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men are at risk for heart disease or a stroke
True or False? Women are more likely to have heart disease then men?
200
False. Men and women experience very similar signs and symptoms of a heart attack.
True or False? Women experience different signs and symptoms of a heart attack than men?
300
Heart attacks can occur at any age but your risk increases over the age of 65
What is the most common age that people have heart attacks?
300
Affects the ability to move, see, remember, speak, reason, read and write
What area of the body can a stroke affect?
300
150 minutes a week.
How many minutes of physical activity should you do a week to decrease your risk of having a heart attack or stroke?
300
Stress
New studies are supporting the relation between _______ and heart disease and stroke?
300
Stroke
Loss of strength in one side can be a sign of what?
400
Cardiac Arrest- occurs when the heart unexpectedly stops
Heart attacks can lead to ____________.
400
Any person at any age can have a stroke
What population is more at risk for a stroke?
400
False. Alcohol increases your blood pressure.
True or False? Drinking alcohol decreases your blood pressure?
400
Smoking, physical inactivity, being overweight, diabetes, high blood cholesterol
Name two risk factors for a stroke.
400
Stroke
Trouble speaking and vision problems can be a sign of what?
500
False. Those who have had a heart attack are at an increased risk for a stroke because when someone has a heart attack it cuts off the supply of blood to the brain which can lead to cell death due to lack of oxygen causing a stroke.
True or False? Someone who has had a heart attack is not at greater risk for having a stroke?
500
60% are overweight or obese which is a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke.
What percentage of Canadian adults are over weight or obese?
500
Heart Disease and Stroke
High cholesterol can lead to a build up of plaque in the artery walls narrowing the arteries which can increase your risk of _________.
500
Facial Drooping, Arm Weakness, Speaking Difficulties, and Time (to call 911)
What does F.A.S.T stand for?






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