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Very timely article for me…I have my first Appointment with a Cardiologist on Wednesday because of abnormalities discovered during a routine check up last week
Beth, I hope it goes well Tomorrow.
THANK YOU for the in depth info WP!
I’ll be sharing this with my Doc at my next appointment.
Keep fighting the good fight everyone———–lets aspire to be 100 year old elephants!
yes :rainbow:
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This is wonderful information to have. My mother (who also had RA) died of a heart attack, subsequent to a stroke. The only med available to her was enteric aspirin. She never got an ulcer, but she had quadruple bypass at 65, a stroke at 75, and the final cardiac arrest at 76. We shouldn’t have lost her so soon, but there was no arsenal to fight RA. My doctors follow my B/P very closely. But I wonder what else we should be doing to zero in on potential problems.
Ruthe, I hear this story all the time. People say my relative had RA, but they died of MI, etc. The doctors don’t even tell them it was the RA. I need to write more because from what I read, the heart disease of RA is not the same. We can eat well & have good lipid panels & it doesn’t help the same as it does for others. I hope others will also send me any articles they find so we can spread the word on anything that can help.
At 68, with other risk factors for cardiac disease, I don’t know that the information in these studies will help me. But I can hope they will help those who come along behind me.
I’m relieved that my daughter, at 42, has no symptoms of RA or even palindromic rheumatism. Maybe that will break the hereditary chain in our family that started with my grandmother (simply don’t know of anyone earlier than that).
In the meantime, I’ll send your posts to my FB and Twitter accounts to spread awareness (and HOPE) for those younger than I!
Kelly
I am all too familiar with the above topic. I just wanted to say happy Thanksgiving. I hope you create some memorable times with family and loved ones. Oh and eat an extra piece of pie just because.
Best wishes
Phil
Thank you, Phil. I was so glad to have all of my children with me this year.
Pay attention to the NSAIDs you use, as some can increase cardiovascular risk:
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/732868?src=rss
Interesting Read Kelly, thanks for posting this.
Doubtful it will do me much good, heart disease runs in both sides of my family, my Dad had his first heart attack at 68, has had a pacemaker for about 6 years now and is 80 in October, both of his brothers also have heart disease as did their father. My PCP says it appears to be genetic. My PCP is also my Parents Dr since there is so much that is genetic in my family, just not RA. I am the only one on both sides of my family to have it.