Men suddenly dying in their early 50's ? (blood pressure, smoking, doctor)

[Muffinpuncher]

Had several work friends, 53 and 55 Boom ! dead before they hit floor. Both had "widow maker heart attack's"

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/healt...%20your%20body.

[Charlie&Rose]

Originally Posted by Muffinpuncher

Had serval work friends, 53 and 55 Boom ! dead before they hit floor. Both had "widow maker heart attack's"

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/healt...%20your%20body.

I wouldn`t call 2 several......people die.

[Muffinpuncher]

Originally Posted by Charlie&Rose

I wouldn`t call 2 several......people die.

What do you have to add ?

[djmilf]

Originally Posted by Muffinpuncher

Had several work friends, 53 and 55 Boom ! dead before they hit floor. Both had "widow maker heart attack's"

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/healt...%20your%20body.

Died in their 50's? Those along one branch of my family tree would refer to those men as "long-lived". The men on that branch all were dead before 50.

Arteriosclerosis runs in my family, a genetic disposition. Brother had such a widow-maker heart attack around his mid 50's, still on the green side of the sod at 65. Quick action by a convenience store clerk, immediate ingestion of generic aspirin grabbed from the store counter display of impulse items, a quick response by the ambulance, a trip less than 5 minutes to the Hospital ER, and a heart catherization within 30 minutes of the attack probably saved his life.

The proper actions to take beforehand? Regular doctor visits, full reveal of the family history with heart diseases, changes to weight, diet, and lifestyle, possibly statin meds as prescribed.

Also, listen to your body. Last fall, same brother said he wasn't feeling "right", walked into the ER with complaints of chest pain. They ran tests, installed one more shiny new stent in him to keep him around for another decade or more.

[suzy_q2010]

I have a cousin who died when he was 51. He had had a stent placed, but it clotted, and he was home alone when it happened. Another cousin is alive because his nurse wife insisted his "indigestion" required a trip to the ER. I do not remember his exact age, but he would have been in his fifties.

Our shared family line has a terrible history of heart disease, with a grandfather who dropped dead of a heart attack at age 43, while chasing a cow.

[Arktikos]

For men, age 45+ is when the risk kicks in for a widow maker.

Of course the usual suspects increase your chances, such as smoking, high blood pressure, genetic predisposition etc.

BTW, unless you've left someone out you're talking "a couple", not "several".

[Lillie767]

Originally Posted by Muffinpuncher

Had several work friends, 53 and 55 Boom ! dead before they hit floor. Both had "widow maker heart attack's"

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/healt...%20your%20body.

Not a new "trend".

Heart disease and cancer were the leading causes of death in 1935 and continue to be the top two causes of death right up to the present. [https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db88.pdf]


"According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Trusted Source, heart disease is the top killer when analyzing data from males of all age groups and ethnicities in a large 2017 data set for the United States. Nearly one-quarter of death in males is due to heart disease."

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/art...auses-of-death


And regarding your "suddenly", half of the men who die suddenly of coronary heart disease had no previous symptoms. So, yes their deaths were "sudden" in that there was no warning, but that is not unusual.

[https://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/men...rt%20disease.]


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[LittleDolphin]

Curious--if one eats a heart-healthy diet and exercises and is at a healthy weight, can they still get a widow- maker heart attack if genetically disposed to heart disease?

Guess my main question is if a person can become almost bullet-proof to heart disease through lifestyle?

[LKJ1988]

Originally Posted by Muffinpuncher

Had several work friends, 53 and 55 Boom ! dead before they hit floor. Both had "widow maker heart attack's"

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/healt...%20your%20body.

Just had a man at work die at 54. Always seemed fine to me but said he had not been to a doc in 25 years. It was a stroke.

[rokuremote]

Originally Posted by Charlie&Rose

I wouldn`t call 2 several......people die.

This, yup. Not everything is a "thing."