During the cold temperature, our blood vessels are more likely to constrict or narrow. Narrow blood vessels mean decreased blood circulation, which leads to high blood pressure. When you have high blood pressure, you become more susceptible to heart attack and stroke.
Is Everyone at Increased Risk?
A Heart attack can affect anyone during winter.
How Can You Prevent a Heart Attack This Winter?
Dress properly (always have a hat, gloves and heavy socks with you), moderate your alcohol consumption (alcohol can lie about your body temperature), do not spend too much time outside (take breaks from your outdoor activities to warm up) and check out with your healthcare provider if you show any symptoms of a heart attack.
Psychologist and a Sex and Relationships Advisor at shopgiejo.com
Ieva Kubiliute is a psychologist and a sex and relationships advisor and a freelance writer. She's also a consultant to several health and wellness brands. While Ieva specialises in covering wellness topics ranging from fitness and nutrition, to mental wellbeing, sex and relationships and health conditions, she has written across a diverse range of lifestyle topics, including beauty and travel. Career highlights so far include: luxury spa-hopping in Spain and joining an £18k-a-year London gym. Someone’s got to do it! When she’s not typing away at her desk—or interviewing experts and case studies, Ieva winds down with yoga, a good movie and great skincare (affordable of course, there’s little she doesn’t know about budget beauty). Things that bring her endless joy: digital detoxes, oat milk lattes and long country walks (and sometimes jogs).
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