No, you are not too young to be screened for cardiovascular diseases: the risks concern all women, regardless of age. To get a free screening and get more information and advice on your health, the Women’s Heart and Pros bus is set up at Place Rihour from Wednesday 25 to Friday 27 September. We’ll give you the details.
We’ll get straight to the point by giving you some slightly (very) scary figures:
- Cardiovascular diseases (heart attacks, strokes, etc.) are the leading cause of death among womenWe are talking about 200 deaths per day in France and 25,000 deaths per day in the world.
- These diseases progress 5% year on year among those under 45.
- A woman is twice as likely to die from cardiac arrest (outside hospital) than a man
- out of 12,000 women screened by the Women’s Heart Foundation since 2021, 90% had at least two cardiovascular risk factors (50% if we add a gyneco-obstetric risk)
- 1 in 2 accidents are linked to atypical symptoms which affect women (and which are too little identified)
- In 8 out of 10 cases, the accident is avoidable
Free screening Place Rihour
Suffice to say that the phrase “prevention is better than cure” has its place in this article. And it’s a good thing, the Women’s Heart bus (launched by the Agir pour le Cœur des femmes Foundation) is setting up on Place Rihour from Wednesday 25 to Friday 27 September to offer free cardiovascular and gynecological screeningsbetween 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. It is by appointment at 03 20 49 56 14 and lasts 1.5 hours.It is a 10-step cardiovascular and gynecological screening“, says Alexander. Here they are:
A Well-being and Health village
You can also come without an appointment to the Wellness and Health Village that is set up around the bus. There, you will be helped with everything related to your physical and mental health. thanks to the twenty or so information, prevention and well-being stands run by professionals.
Youth of Lille, it concerns you
If we’re telling you all this, it’s because it concerns young women (or non-binary or trans person) among you.The increased cardiovascular risk in women is linked to two things: their lifestyle which is increasingly similar to that of men (alcohol, smoking, etc.) but also to their hormonal life.”
There are three times in particular when risk factors increase: the choice of contraception, pregnancy and menopause.For contraception, there are contraindications. And if you have cardiovascular disease and you don’t know it, that can be an additional risk factor.“For pregnancy,”It’s like a marathon every day for 9 months. Needless to say, it takes a toll on your heart.“, image Alexander.
We’ll let you fit the event into your schedule.
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