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07/03/2014
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Stress caused by matches can raise blood pressure and even cause sudden death
Studies show increased blood pressure, twisting in jogos.Foto: Playing Internet
The stress caused by watching football matches can lead to increased blood pressure and heart rate, and thus increase the incidence of cardiovascular events. A study in the 2002 World Cup in Switzerland, found the 63% increase in the incidence of sudden cardiovascular death during the event. A new study published this month in the Brazilian Journal of Cardiology, the Society of Cardiology of the State of Rio de Janeiro (SOCERJ), corroborates previous research and shows that fans with coronary artery disease had higher blood pressure than those at the same time attending a comedy movie.
Thus, SOCERJ to guides that will accompany the Cup to take preventive measures.
"If you have cardiovascular disease, you should take your meds rigorously. If you do not have the disease but have recently felt chest pains, feeling of malaise and shortness of breath should immediately seek a cardiologist, "says the editor of the SOCERJ and cardiologist, Claudio Tinoco.
The randomized, controlled, crossover clinical trial, conducted at the Institute of Cardiology of Santa Catarina, São José (SC), in 2012 with 17 patients, and recently published, showed that during matches, fans attending the game had an increase in blood pressure while watching the film had a relaxing and consequent decrease in blood pressure.
"At the time this short article with 17 people in Brazil shows that there is an increase in blood pressure, leading to an increase in oxygen consumption in patients with coronary disease or who have injuries, but do not know because they are asymptomatic or have never made a check-up. Therefore, they are at risk of having a coronary event, "explains the president of SOCERJ, Olga Ferreira de Souza. She adds that there are reports in some international studies of an increased incidence of acute myocardial infarction after games, earthquakes, disasters and great mental stress.
During the Brazilian study, one patient, while watching football, suffered angina, shortly after his team conceding the second goal in a defeat. "Angina is characterized by an uncomfortable sensation in the chest, because there is a decreased flow of blood to the heart for clogged arteries. The framework can develop into a heart attack, "said Tinoco. According to him, the greater the higher blood pressure is the risk of myocardial infarction and cerebrovascular accident (CVA). Medications can control both the pressure as the heart beats, avoiding situations of risk to the patient.
Sudden Death - A study in the 2002 World Cup in Switzerland, showed an increase of 63% of sudden death in the crowd.
"Everyone who has a relative with heart trouble should know how to recognize the symptoms of heart attack and stroke risk and also provide first care to know," explains cardiologist. Symptoms of heart attack include chest pain, burning, breathlessness, malaise, among others. "The pain of infarction can radiate from the navel to the jaw, so it can be confused with back pain, stomach pain, shoulder pain, for example," says Tinoco.
Among the symptoms of stroke are intense since the sudden loss of movement of limbs, sight, hearing, speech impairment to acute mental confusion, sudden headache with no apparent cause and nausea.
Source: Fluminense
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