Facts about the relationship of cold weather to heart attack

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><strong>Arabia Weather</strong> - A person is more likely to suffer a heart attack when temperatures drop below zero, so how does the body respond to feeling cold?</p><h3 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>The body responds to feeling cold by:</strong></h3><ul style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Constricting the surface blood vessels, thus reducing the temperature of the skin and increasing the flow of blood through the arteries and the body begins to feel cold and shiver.</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> It increases the heart rate to keep warm, which puts pressure on the heart.</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> New research suggests that people exposed to cold weather are more likely to have a heart attack.</li></ul><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Results of a recent study</strong></p><ul style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Researchers from Sweden followed 280,000 patients for 16 years to investigate the relationship between heart attacks and weather conditions such as air temperature, amount of sunlight, rain and air pressure.</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The principal investigator confirmed that there is a seasonal association with the occurrence of heart attacks, as there is a decrease in the incidence of heart attacks during the summer season and it reaches its peak in the winter season.</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> It is unclear if the cause is lower temperatures and behavioral changes.</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Researchers studied the weather conditions at the time patients had a heart attack. During this study, 280,873 heart attacks were recorded.</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Researchers discovered that the average number of heart attacks per day was much higher when the weather was cold compared to warm weather.</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> When the average temperature was below zero, the rate of heart attacks on a daily basis was four times higher.</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The incidence of heart attacks increased on windy days when the amount of sunlight during the day was minimal.</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Most healthy people tolerate this atmosphere, but people with coronary atherosclerosis may have a heart attack.</li></ul><h3 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Factors that increase the risk of heart attacks</strong></h3><ul style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> flu.</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Respiratory infections.</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Seasonal behaviors such as decreased physical activity and dietary changes may play a role in the increased incidence of heart attacks in cold weather.</li></ul><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Source: <a href="https://altibbi.com/">Cura</a></p>