Heart disease can be caused by a number of risk factors, for example, high blood cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes, unhealthy diet and habits, laziness, obesity as well as some uncontrollable factors like family history of heart disease. Nevertheless, there are at least two other risk factors, namely PCOS and infection, that could also trigger heart disease or even heart attack.

PCOS (Polycystic ovary syndrome) is found to be a serious disorder that can eventually lead to diabetes and even heart attack. But one does not need to have cysts on the ovaries to have PCOS. This is the warning made by The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists. If a woman have two or more of the symptoms such as infertility, severe acne, excess face or hair body hair, male-like balding, irregular periods, ovarian cysts, high blood pressure, weight problems, or elevated insulin levels, then she could be a candidate of PCOS and is advised to check with her doctor about PCOS. Taking a blood test is necessary to check numerous hormone levels.

PCOS affects not just reproduction. Although it is agreed that women usually do not get heart disease until after menopause, some experts do believe that patients' arteries are already significantly hardening in their 30s especially for those obese woman, their risk of Type 2 diabetes is 3 to 7 times higher than average. Please also take note that skinny women or even those who have had children can still get PCOS.

Besides PCOS, infections can also set off heart attacks. This is the report released in 2004 for a study funded by British Heart Foundation and conducted over a 10-year period on the medical records of 4000 people in Britain. Common respiratory infections such as bronchitis and pneumonia, and urinary tract infections such as cystitis increase the risk of a heart attack by 5 times and triple the danger of a stroke. The risk of getting a heart attack and stroke was substantially higher in the first 3 days after an infection, decreasing gradually over the following weeks.

The study also showed that the timing of a heart attack was not always random. Some degree of furring up of the arteries is evident for people of age above 50 but most of the time it sits there fairly harmlessly. During infection, however, stable deposits become unstable and may break off; causing the blockages that may lead to a heart attack or a stroke. As a matter of fact, the risk fluctuated all the time. So, do not take infection too lightly. Seek help from doctor if necessary.

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