Anxiety and depression, a serious blow to the heart.

-the majority of people who suffer from anxiety do not seek help and suffer unnecessarily because it has a solution

-depression increases the risk of cardiovascular diseases and also worsens their prognosis

-good health habits can have a protective effect against depression

-Coordinator of the Riojan heart Clubthe cardiologist Julio Martinez Florez, accompanied on Tuesday 7 February at 20.00 hours in Centre Cultural Caja Rioja-Gran via the Hospital Viamed Los Manzanos, Rosa María Hidalgo Rodriguez, psychologist at a new Conference in the heart Club, devoted this time to two diseases of our time: anxiety and depression

-anxiety, known as the silent disease, is produced by a series of irrational fears that exceed the own individual generating a sense of failure that affects the person both physically and psychologically

-anxiety often leads to depression. In Spain it is estimated that they suffer this disease approximately six million people, although half of the cases are undiagnosed

-depression hinders rehabilitation and the treatment of the patients of cardiovascular favoring complications, since it causes lifestyles are not healthy as inactivity, smoking and the difficulty to follow the treatments recommended for heart problems

-control of cardiovascular risk factors, changes in habits, psychological help and social support are some of the pillars on which sits, its prevention and treatment

Logroño, 2012-February on Tuesday 7 February at 20.00 hours at the Cultural Center Caja Rioja held another Conference Club heart Riojano coordinated the cardiologist Dr. Julio Martinez Florez, and it focused on this occasion on the anxiety and depression. The psychologist of the Hospital Viamed Los Manzanos, Rosa María Rodríguez Hidalgo has been responsible for teaching her. The crisis we are experiencing affects all areas of our life, disrupts expectations economic and labour and, ultimately, family, personal and social. In these circumstances soar two answers that our body reacts to the difficulty of adapting to changes or to the continuing concern: anxiety and depression, disorders that affect an very important to the health of our most important vital organ: heart.

Anxiety is one of the more common in today’s society disorders. Many people suffer from anxiety without knowing what their symptoms or what its consequences may be. Anxiety can be related to stress, panic, cause eating disorders or lead to depression. It is becoming more frequent, and covers a range every day broader population. affects more women (twice), students and can occur in children.

Tachycardia, shortness, dizziness, hyperactivity, agoraphobia or sleep disorders, are just a few of the notices ” launches our body when it suffers from anxiety. This disease diminish the quality of life of the person, her limiting and takes her to live in a permanent state of unhappiness. Anxiety is an emotion born human beings, necessary to live, but when he dominates and paralysed the life of the subject becomes a disease. Know it and learn to deal with it is the first step to overcome ”, explains the expert.

Hospital Viamed Los Manzanos, Rosa María Rodríguez Hidalgo psychologist

cases of anxiety in our country has increased in recent years in parallel to the cases of depression, disease that already affects 10-15% of the population. And it’s that anxiety and depression go hand in hand. In fact, between 50 and 90% of patients with depression they have symptoms of anxiety.

People with heart disease are more prone to suffer from depressive disorders, and people with depression have a higher risk of developing heart problems. Among patients with heart disease, 20% suffers from depression. The situation is exacerbated in those people who have suffered a heart attack, among which the depression increases to reach 65% of cases.

The presence of depressive symptoms involved, in all patients in general, the decline in the desire to fight and live with the consequent apathy to follow the directions of the medical guidelines. The patient with heart failure disregards his care, like diet and exercise, and often produce forgetfulness of medical visits and explorations. The longer is the evolution of the disease, more likely to suffer from ansioso-depresivo disorder. The condition causes a remarkable emotional wear and tear over the years, with the successive adaptations to changing psychosocial and physical situations need in these patients.

Club heart Riojano is an initiative of the Hospital Viamed Los Manzanos in collaboration with Caja Rioja Foundation that emerges with the goal of being a meeting point where Rioja, either because they have suffered some process of cardiovascular, by having a family member with cardiovascular disease, either by being sensitive to the need for a heart life, find support, help, answer to your questions and guidelines for living more heart in the end.