Volunteers help women experiencing heart disease

On National Wear Red Day, volunteers who went through heart disease visited women experiencing it now.

YOU MAY SEE PEOPLEWEARING MORE REDTODAY --WHILE SOME MAY BECHIEFS RELATED - IT'SALSO FOR "NATIONALWEAR RED FOR WOMENDAY."IT'S TO RAISE AWARENESSFOR HEART DISEASE --WHICH IS THE NUMBERONE KILLER OF WOMEN.THE CHIEFS PLAYOFF RUNMAY HAVE LEFT YOUR REDCLOTHES DIRTY..BUT AS 41 ACTION NEWSPHOTOJOURNALIST JOHNBATTEN EXPLAINS --ONE GROUP IS TRYING TOHELP WITH THAT...HOLLY GILOTHVOLUNTEER"I WAS HERE FOR ABOUT THREEMONTHS I HAD A HEARTTRANSPLANT IN 2014."HOLLY GILOTH IS ONE OFSEVERAL VOLUNTEERSPASSING OUT TREAT BAGSTO PATIENTS AT SAINTLUKE'S MID AMERICAHEART INSTITUTE.HOLLY GILOTHVOLUNTEER"A RED DRESS PIN WHICH IS THESYMBOL OF WOMEN WITH HEARTDISEASE."EACH BAG ALSO CONTAINSA HANDMADE RED SCARF.HOLLY GILOTHVOLUNTEER"AND IT'S A SYMBOL OF A WARMHUG AROUND YOUR NECK JUSTTO LET YOU KNOW WE'RE OUTTHERE AND YOU HAVESUPPORT."MOST IMPORTANTLYTHERE'S INFORMATION,ADVICE AND THE PROMISEOF SUPPORT FROMPEOP THAT HAVE BEENTHERE.THESE "PATHWAY TOPURPOSE" VOLUNTEERSARE WOMEN WHO ARESURVIVORS OF HEARTDISEASE.HOLLY GILOTHVOLUNTEER"JUST SOMEONE WHO'S BEENTHROUGH THE EXPERIENCE SOTHEY FEEL MORE COMFORTABLEPERHAPS ASKING USQUESTIONS OR COMING UP WITHTHINGS THAT THEY MIGHT WANTTO KNOW ABOUT FOR FUTUREREFERENCE NOT JUST THEIRSTAY IN THE HOSPITAL.

AND INTHAT WAY WE FEEL LIKE WE AREENABLING THEM TO HAVEBETTER JOURNEY."BECKY JACKSPATIENT"EXACTLY FOR THOSE OF USTHAT DON'T KNOW WHAT'SGONNA GO ON, IT'S KIND OF NICETO HEAR FROM SOMEBODY ELSETHAT'S EXPERIENCED IT.IT'S A CLUB NO ONE WANTSTO JOIN, BUT ONCE YOU'REIN, THERE'S PEOPLE THATHAVE YOUR BACK.HOLLY GILOTHVOLUNTEER"FOR ME THIS IS ANOPPORTUNITY TO GIVE BACK."JOHN BATTEN 41 ACTIONNEWS.IT'S THE LEADING CAUSEOF DEATH FOR BOTH MENAND WOMEN IN THE U-S.AND HEALTH OFFICIALSSTRESS -- SYMPTOMSBETWEEN THE TWO CANDIFFER.THE MOST COMMONSYMPTOM IS CHEST PAINOR TIGHTNESS... BUT FORWOMEN, IT MAY NOT BETHE MOST SEVERE.THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TOEXPERIENCE OTHERSYMPTOMS LIKEINDIGESTION... BACK ORJAW PAIN... FATIGUE ORSHORTNESS OF BREATH.ACCORDING TO THEAMERICAN HEARTASSOCIATION... THEAVERAGE AGE FOR A FIRSTATTACK IN A MAN IS 6