Researchers have found in a study that people who often sleep fewer than six hours at night are more likely to have heart attack than those who sleep six to eight hours.

2. If you don’t get
enough sleep on a
regular basis you will
not only feel tired
and grumpy but it
can also raise your
risk of a heart attack.
Although doctors
aren’t exactly sure
why this is so but
they know that losing
sleep can raise your
blood pressure and
lead to inflammation
which is not good for
your heart.

3. Those who get
migraines are more
likely to have a
heart attack later
in life than those
who don’t get
them. The ones
which involve the
auras such as
strange sights,
feelings or sights
before the start of
the headache
seems to have a
stronger link to the
heart problems.

4. This is a shock to the
system. Being outside in
the winter months can
cause the arteries to
narrow and make it
harder for the blood to
reach your heart. To top
it up, your heat has to
work harder to keep your
body warm. If you are
really concerned about
it, then limit the heavy
physical activity such as
snow shovelling.

5. When the immune
system fights off a
bug, it may cause
inflammation
which will damage
your arteries and
heart. People with
respiratory
infections are
twice as likely to
have a heart
attack. Heart
attack rates are
also higher during
flu outbreaks,
hence get your flu
shot.

6. Your chances of a
heart attack are
higher up to 70% if
you have this lung
disease. Due to
asthma, you may
tend to ignore
chest tightness
which can be an
early sign of a
heart attack. Even
doctors don’t
know if breathing
problems trigger
heart attacks or
simply cause
inflammation.

7. Heart attacks are common in the morning since the
brain floods your body with hormones to help you wake
up and this puts some extra stress on the heart. You
may be dehydrated after a long sleep which can make
your heart to work harder.

8. When you eat large
amounts of food in
a single sitting, it
could lead to
higher levels of the
stress hormone
called
norepinephrine in
your body which
can raise your
heart rate and
blood pressure. In
some people it
may also trigger
heart attacks.

9. Grief, anger, and
stress are the
known triggers
of the heart
problems. But
sometimes,
joyful events
such as a
wedding, a
surprise
birthday party
or the birth of a
grandchild can
also lead to
heart attacks.

10. The heart attacks are more common in places where the air pollution levels
are high. Those who breath dirty air on a regular basis are more likely to have
heart disease and clogged arteries.

11. Heart attack rates go up after major disasters such as terrorist attack or
earthquakes.

12. Not only playing sports but watching them can also trigger a heart attack.