Heart Healthy Holiday this year?

For many people, the Holidays is a time for over indulgence. Over indulgence in many things, maybe too much spending, too much eating of fattening desserts and foods and possibly too many glasses of wine or alcoholic beverages.

Many times with all the over indulging comes many warning signs from our body that can be ignored because we are running around going everything and going from here to there.

The Holiday Season - a time from November through January is the deadliest time of the year for your Heart and other heart related issues. December 26th followed by New Year's Day are the deadliest days of the year with spikes in heart attacks caused by additional stress of the season.

Please watch for signs of SCA and heart related conditions this holiday season such as:

Chest discomfort
Chest discomfort including squeezing, pain, pressure and or a feeling of fullness in the chest area.
This chest discomfort could radiate to the arms, shoulders, jaws and other area's of the body.

Shortness of Breath 
Obviously the Holiday season takes our breath away but beware of shortness of breath, with or without the chest discomfort. Having a hard time getting a breath could be a major warning sign.

Lightheadedness
A faint and dizzy feeling with a cold sweat and nausea - could be all together or one at a time. 

Make sure that you are paying attention to your heart this Holiday season - watch what you eat, watch how much you eat and keep your stress down and enjoy the holidays.