When this happens, you can suffer from a heart attack or stroke. HD affects many women, mainly post menopause, but not exclusively, and it kills more women than all cancers combined. Part of this confusion stems from the fact that women develop heart problems later in life than men do, around seven or eight years later. By age 65, a woman's risk of heart disease is almost the same as a man's. Some physicians believe that the women of our region tend to be ignored more and not discovered when it comes to heart disease because the general attitude and belief most people have is that women don't really suffer from heart problems.
Women are often under-investigated or the symptoms they present are vague.
Also, some women in our area, tend to be shy and timid when it comes to being examined, which makes it difficult for the physician to draw a clear medical picture of what's going on. It is frightening to know that women are less likely to survive heart attacks than men. No one really knows why this is the case, but some experts believe that it may be because women don't regularly seek or receive treatment as men do. It could also be attributed to the fact that women's smaller hearts and blood vessels are more difficult to manage. When she started having chest pains, she immediately stopped smoking.