Anger can damage your heart

    

Anger and hostility are strongly related to coronary heart disease. It affects pumping strength of heart

Angry outburst could trigger heart attack within hours.
It is not an ordinary anger, but an intense anger with hostile and destructive behavior

Events that trigger heart attack:

• Arguments with family members and others, 
• Work conflicts,
• Road rage.

What is the mechanism?

• Increased heart rate (palpitations)

• Spasm of blood vessels and rise in blood pressure

• Decrease blood supply to the heart (ischemia)

• Increased clotting of blood

• Fight or flight reaction:

      This involves release of stress hormones like adrenaline  
      and cortisol and there is a burst of energy.
      Now you are ready to fight an enemy or run away

• If this happens repeatedly, it causes wear and tear of artery walls

P.S.

We know physical risk factors for heart attack, but not aware of emotional risk factors.

Anger is the strong risk factor for heart attack.

We take care of diet, exercise, cholesterol, high B.P.

There is a need to control the anger and hostility. But the patient may not be convinced. On the other hand,he may justify his anger. 

There is a gym for exercise, there is statin for cholesterol, medicines for high B.P. and diabetes.
But there are no clinics which can tackle the anger in a professional manner. 

But if we can control the anger, it will help to a large extent to prevent a heart attack

It is not an easy task

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