How Women stay Healthy
The beginning of the year is the best time to make resolutions about your health and what you can do to improve it. Whether or not you can stick with your plans is not clear but it helps to pick a set of one or two good resolutions that will bring you the best results. Some women vow to get a gym membership and go to the gym religiously. Others clear out their refrigerator in favor of more healthy foods.
There are at least three other resolutions every woman should make in order to make their health as good as possible. It should all start with a visit to your doctor for a thorough evaluation of your cardiac status. Heart health is something some people only pay attention to once they have had a major heart event. A good cardiac work up for a high risk person includes having a cholesterol panel, including a total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol and triglycerides. Your doctor can tell you what your numbers mean and if you are at risk for heart disease.
Higher risk patients can have a stress ECG test. A resting ECG test is one in which the electrical aspects of your heart are assessed while you’re lying down. It doesn’t really say whether the heart is doing its job when you’re active. A stress ECG assesses the electrical activity of the heart when you’re walking or running. It is a better test for heart disease.
Have your blood pressure and blood sugar tested, too. Diseases like diabetes and hypertension can be very silent and are great contributors to the risk for heart disease. Both are treatable conditions that can be managed in those who take the time to be tested for them.
Another resolution to think of includes finding new and creative ways to be physically active. It might mean things like taking the stairs at all times or parking your car in a faraway parking space. You may not have to allot thirty minutes to go exercise at the gym or take in a long run. Women in general are time-constrained and need to be as creative as possible to get their exercise in.
Finally, you need to get serious about health tests such as a bone (DEXA) scan and a colonoscopy, especially if you fall into the appropriate age ranges for these tests. These tests are all about prevention of serious health conditions and tests like a colonoscopy can be life-saving with just minimal discomfort on your part.
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