'I was really a healthy person:' Woman diagnosed with heart disease at 27
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IT'S NATIONAL WEAR RED DAY-- ADAY TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUTTHE TOP HEALTH THREAT TOWOMEN: CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE.ACCORDING TO THE AMERICANHEART ASSOCIATION, THE DISEASEKILLS 1 WOMAN EVERY 80SECONDS.
HERE'S MARY JO OLA:"The doctor came inoriginally and said PettyOfficer Gumm I don't know howto tell you this but yourcareer in the Navy is over."KELSEY GUMM WAS 27 YEARS OLDWHEN SHE WAS HIT WITH A RAREHEART CONDITION.
"I was reallya healthy person had nohistory of heart disease in myfamily."SHE SPENT A DECADE INTHE NAVY...AND PLANNED ONSTAYING ANOTHER 10 YEARS."People look at you likeyou're young you're healthyhow do you have heart disease.Heart disease doesn't careyour age." "More women die ofheart attacks then all typesof cancer combined."DOCTORSASANKA JAYASURIYA IS ANINTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGIST ATASCENSION COLUMBIA SAINTMARY'S HOSPITAL MILWAUKEE.IN2017 - HEART DISEASE RANKED ASTHE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OFDEATH FOR ALL PEOPLE INWISCONSINBUT DOCTOR JAYASURIYASAYS HEART ATTACKS CAN LOOKDIFFERENT IN WOMEN.
"They mayjust have other symptoms likejaw pain, shoulder pain, painbetween the shoulder bladesand there's a fair number ofpatients that have burningpain like gastritis."THAT CANLEAD TO WOMEN WAITING TOO LONGTO GET TO A HOSPITAL.THAT'SWHERE THE RED COMES IN....TORAISE AWARENESS ABOUT HEARTHEALTH AND PREVENTION.GUMM NOWWORKS CLOSELY WITH THEAMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION TOHOPING TO HELP OTHERS.
"If Ican show people that at my ageyou can have heart disease butstill live a healthy life thatmight inspire somebody givesomebody help to push past theinitial diagnosis be able todo great things with it."MJSTANDUP: HEART ATTACKS ANDCARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE CAN BEPREVENTED.
DOCTORS SAY KNOWYOUR FAMILY HISTORY, STAYACTIVE, AND WATCH RISK FACTORSLIKE DIABETES AND HIGH BLOODPRESSURE.
MJO TODAY'S TMJ4.LEARN MORE ABOUT HEART HEALTHBY GOING TO TMJ4.COM/LINKS.YOUCAN ALSO TAKE A FREE QUIZ TOSEE HOW YOU'RE DOING.