Khalani Ndi Moyo Wathanzi Mwezi Uno

Kuchokera ku Black Women Health Imperative

February ndi Mwezi wa Health Health kwa anthu onse aku America, koma kwa azimayi akuda, mitengoyo ndiyokwera kwambiri.

Malinga ndi American Heart Association, pafupifupi theka la azimayi akuda opitilira zaka 20 ali ndi matenda amtima, ndipo ambiri sadziwa.

Mitsempha yotsekeka (makamaka mitsempha yamagazi mozungulira mtima kapena kupita m'manja kapena miyendo), kuthamanga kwa magazi (kuthamanga kwa magazi), cholesterol, matenda a shuga kapena matenda a shuga, komanso kunenepa kwambiri kumatha kuyika chiopsezo cha matenda amtima.

Matenda amtima ndi onse amafa komanso olumala mwa azimayi ku United States. Monga mkazi wakuda, ukhoza kukhala ndi mwayi wokulirapo wokufa ndi matenda amtima - {textend} komanso ukadali wamng'ono.

Black Women Health Imperative (BWHI) idafikira a Jennifer Mieres, MD, katswiri wazamtima. Ndi m'modzi mwa akatswiri pa azimayi akuda komanso thanzi lamtima.

Alinso wolemba wa "Heart Smart for Women: Six S.T.E.P.S. m'masabata Asanu ndi umodzi Okhala Ndi Moyo Wathanzi, ”zomwe zimapatsa amayi malangizo pazomwe tingachite kuti tichepetse ngozi.

Malinga ndi American Heart Association, 80% ya matenda amtima ndi sitiroko mwa amayi amatha kupewedwa ngati achitapo kanthu.

Dr. Mieres akuti "imodzi mwa njira zoyambirira zomwe akazi akuda akuyenera kuchita ndikumvetsetsa kuti thanzi lathu ndiye chida chathu chamtengo wapatali." Amalimbikitsa azimayi kuti azigwira ntchito ndi madotolo awo ndikukhala membala wa gulu lawo lazachipatala.

Katswiri wodziwa zaumoyo wathanzi akufotokoza kuti "kudzipereka kusintha kosasintha moyo wanu wathanzi kumatha kumathandiza kwambiri."

Malinga ndi American Heart Association, anthu opitilira 50% aku Africa aku America ali ndi kuthamanga kwa magazi, komwe kumayambitsa matenda amtima.

Dr. Mieres amalimbikitsa azimayi kuti adziwe kuchuluka kwa kuthamanga kwa magazi ngati gawo loyamba komanso kuti agwire ntchito ndi adotolo kuti apange dongosolo la kasamalidwe. "Ngati mukumwa mankhwala, mwa anthu ena, kusintha kwa moyo wanu kumatha kukupweteketsani," akutero.

Dr. Mieres ananenanso kuti kukhala wolemera kwambiri komanso kusachita masewera olimbitsa thupi kumatha kubweretsa chiopsezo cha matenda amtima. "Yesetsani kuchotsa mainchesi m'chiuno mwanu, onetsetsani kuti pakati panu simaposa mainchesi 35," akulangiza motero.

Kupsinjika kumakhala kovuta mthupi ndi m'maganizo.

Dr. Mieres akuwonjezeranso kuti azimayi omwe ali ndi nkhawa amakhala ndi yankho la "ndewu kapena kuthawa" komwe kumatha kuyambitsa kuthamanga kwa magazi komanso mavuto ena azaumoyo. "Kusintha kumeneku kumatha kupangitsa kuti mitsempha yamagazi ikhale ndi zovuta zina komanso cortisol yokwera," akutero.

Nawa maupangiri ochepa athanzi mtima ochokera kwa Dr. Mieres:

• Pumulani pang'ono. Yesani kugwiritsa ntchito pulogalamu yopumula ndikuyeserera kupuma.
• Lowani ku yoga.
• Sunthani thupi lanu. Kuyenda mphindi 15 zokha kumathandiza kuchepetsa nkhawa.
• Mverani nyimbo zabwino.
• Musaiwale kuseka. Kungoseka kwa mphindi 10 kungathandize.
• Gonani mokwanira usiku.
• Sambani zakudya zanu powonjezerapo zipatso ndi ndiwo zamasamba zokongola ndikukhala kutali ndi zakudya zamafuta ndi shuga.
• Lekani kusuta. Malinga ndi American Heart Association, kusuta kumawonjezera chiopsezo cha matenda amtima ku Africa America.

Black Women Health Imperative (BWHI) ndi bungwe loyamba lopanda phindu lomwe linakhazikitsidwa ndi azimayi akuda kuti ateteze ndikupititsa patsogolo thanzi la azimayi ndi atsikana akuda. Dziwani zambiri za BWHI popita pa www.bwhi.org.