How COVID-19 is causing scary heart incidents among children
San Antonio pediatric cardiologist seeing more children who think they’re having a heart attack
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SAN ANTONIO – February is the the American Heart Association’s Heart Month, a time when good heart health should be at the forefront and something that COVID-19 tends to overshadow.
But right now, there’s a trend that pediatric cardiologists are seeing that co-mingles the two in a scary way for parents, who see their child complain of a rapid heart rate and feeling sick and think they’re having a heart attack.
Dr. Elaine Maldonado, a pediatric cardiologist at UT Health San Antonio, said increasingly, alarmed parents are bringing their children into her office, worried their loved one is suffering from a heart condition.
You may see plenty of people wearing red Friday. Take heart.
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CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - With heart disease as the number one killer of women, the American Heart Association is working to change that through raising awareness about reducing risk.
The organization named February as Heart Month and the first Friday of February is National Wear Red Day.
“One in three women die from heart disease, AHA Executive Director Katie Schumacker said. “We want the community to know that one is too many. So we are wearing red to support the American Heart Association’s ‘Go Red for Women’ movement that encourages all women to take charge of their own health.”