{"id":8370,"date":"2025-01-13T09:20:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T09:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/humrahi.co.in\/?p=8370"},"modified":"2025-01-15T10:33:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T10:33:18","slug":"how-stress-affects-your-heart-and-how-to-manage-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/humrahi.co.in\/kn\/how-stress-affects-your-heart-and-how-to-manage-it\/","title":{"rendered":"How Stress Affects Your Heart and How to Manage It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stress can seriously affect heart health. When under stress for a long time, the body releases chemicals that can raise blood pressure and cause swelling in the blood vessels. This makes it harder for blood to flow properly to the heart, increasing the risk of heart attack.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most people who have heart attacks say they felt stressed\u2014 <\/span><b>96%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> had some form of stress, and <\/span><b>40%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> described it as severe. Feeling sad or worried, even a little, in the month before a heart attack can <\/span><b>triple the risk<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Stress at work makes heart attacks over 5 times more likely, and financial problems can increase the risk by 13 times. Managing stress is very important to keep the heart health.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to Manage Stress for Heart Health:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Move more<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Regular physical activity, like walking or swimming, helps lower stress and keeps the heart healthy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Sleep enough<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Aim for 7-8 hours of sleep each night to help the body recover from stress.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Stay connected<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Spend time with friends and family to feel supported and reduce stress.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Relax<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Try calming activities like deep breathing, meditation, or yoga to help ease stress<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By managing stress with simple lifestyle changes, it\u2019s possible to reduce the risk of heart problems and improve overall heart health.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>\u0c89\u0cb2\u0ccd\u0cb2\u0cc7\u0c96\u0c97\u0cb3\u0cc1:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.escardio.org\/The-ESC\/Press-Office\/Press-releases\/significant-financial-stress-associated-with-13-fold-higher-odds-of-having-a-heart-attack\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.escardio.org\/The-ESC\/Press-Office\/Press-releases\/significant-financial-stress-associated-with-13-fold-higher-odds-of-having-a-heart-attack<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart.org\/en\/healthy-living\/healthy-lifestyle\/stress-management\/stress-and-heart-health\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.heart.org\/en\/healthy-living\/healthy-lifestyle\/stress-management\/stress-and-heart-health<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-heart-attack-blogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/humrahi.co.in\/kn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/humrahi.co.in\/kn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/humrahi.co.in\/kn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humrahi.co.in\/kn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humrahi.co.in\/kn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8370"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/humrahi.co.in\/kn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8372,"href":"https:\/\/humrahi.co.in\/kn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8370\/revisions\/8372"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humrahi.co.in\/kn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/humrahi.co.in\/kn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humrahi.co.in\/kn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humrahi.co.in\/kn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}