People with existing heart conditions are more vulnerable to cardiac episodes when natural disasters occur, according to the Philippine Heart Association (PHA).
“In disasters what happens is, siyempre, the normal reaction is matatakot tayo, panic, everything. So that can create stress sa atin. Stress hormones are not good, and stress hormones can actually cause tachycardia or bibilis yung heartbeat natin, tataas ang blood pressure, and this can trigger a cascade of events leading to, number one, pwede mag-heart attack. Number two, mag-shoot up ang blood pressure,” PHA president Dr. Walid Amil said in an interview with GMA News Online.
(In disasters, what happens is, of course, the normal reaction that we will get scared, panic, and everything. So that can create stress for us. Stress hormones are not good, and stress hormones can actually cause tachycardia, or a very fast heartbeat, increasing blood pressure, and this can trigger a cascade of events leading to, number one, a possible heart att
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