Condoms Should Include ‘Heart Attack Risk With That Pregnancy’ On Wrappers
Can you imagine squeezing all of that on the side of a condom? In case of malfunction? Perhaps even more adults would know how use condoms properly.
Reuters reports that even though the risk of having a heart attack is small for pregnant woman (just one in every 16,000 deliveries), the odds are still three to four times higher for them versus non-pregnant women of the same age. These heart attacks are apparently wrought with more complications, as these ladies aren’t having heart attacks for the same reasons as the non-pregnant populations. Physiological and hormonal changes, along with increased blood volume cause pregnant women to develop a different condition:
The more common reason pregnant women had a heart attack was a condition called coronary dissection, a separation of the layers of the artery wall that blocks blood flow. They said this condition is very rare among non-pregnant patients.
Many of these pregnant women have not been diagnosed with traditional heart problems like high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and diabetes. But pregnant heart attacks have a reported death rate that is two to three times higher than that of non-pregnant women the same age, making this a risk that many women should be aware of, consider, and acknowledge before expanding their families. And for the childless, perhaps state more boldly on the side panel with that 90%-ish success rate.
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