Couples often have cardiovascular risk factors.
Risk factors for heart health, such as smoking, unhealthy diet and lack of physical activity. This seems to be a personal problem, but for married people, the husband and wife living under the same roof have mutual influence.
According to the seven risk factors and behaviors defined by the American Heart Association, including smoking status, body mass index, physical activity, healthy eating score, total cholesterol, blood pressure and fasting blood sugar, the researchers determined that everyone belongs to three levels: ideal, medium or poor. The research team also assessed each participant's overall cardiovascular health score. The data came from questionnaires, examinations and laboratory tests, and the longest follow-up time was 5 years.
In the cardiovascular health score, 79% couples are dissatisfied, which is mainly related to unhealthy diet (94% couples) and insufficient exercise (53% couples). When examined by one person, more than half of the subjects were at an ideal level in smoking, total cholesterol and fasting blood sugar. However, more than a quarter of people have poor scores in weight, physical activity and cardiovascular health. When both husband and wife are evaluated at the same time, more than half of them have cardiovascular risk factors. Studies have indeed found that when one person quits smoking, loses weight, increases physical activity or improves eating habits, another person is more likely to quit smoking.
The same lifestyle and cultural habits are important reasons for the accumulation of chronic diseases.
The British Medical Journal published the first article detailing "marital diseases". The author found that from diabetes and hypertension to ischemic heart disease, asthma, kidney disease and depression, if one spouse gets sick, the prevalence of the other spouse will increase a lot. Among them, there are two main types of common marital diseases, one is infectious diseases, mainly caused by the spread of germs; The other is a non-communicable disease, which is mainly caused by the same lifestyle or psychology.
According to a survey in the White Paper on the Health of Urban Residents in China in 20 12, family-based lifestyle diseases are gradually becoming the invisible killer of urban residents' health, and their harm has surpassed family hereditary diseases. The survey shows that more and more couples, children and even a family of three suffer from the same disease or multiple diseases and cancers. Among them, "three highs" (hypertension, hyperlipidemia, hyperglycemia), fatty liver, obesity, diabetes, gastritis, colorectal cancer, lung cancer and other phenomena are particularly obvious. The reason is that couples, children or extended family members follow the same living habits for a long time, especially the same diet, sleep and living environment, which can easily lead to the same diseases among family members.
* * * The microenvironment with the same lifestyle and cultural habits is an important reason for the aggregation of chronic diseases and infectious diseases. It can be seen that a good lifestyle and habits are extremely important.
It is best for husband and wife to check and treat diseases together.
The researchers of the above study said that the risk factors and behaviors between husband and wife are interrelated, and it is better to consider intervention measures for husband and wife or the whole family than for individuals.
In fact, it's not just the risk factors of cardiovascular diseases. Professor Julia Shipsley Cox of the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom believes that if one spouse is sick (such as cancer, diabetes, ischemic heart disease, etc.). ), the prevalence of the other spouse will increase a lot. Guo Xiaohui, director of endocrinology department of Peking University First Hospital, suggested that once one spouse suffers from certain diseases, the other spouse had better be screened. At the same time, couples should also change their bad living habits and ways of getting along:
1.？ Husband and wife should be harmonious and keep a good mood. They should develop good living habits, such as eating regularly, exercising properly, not staying up late, quitting smoking and drinking.
2.？ If one party has sexually transmitted diseases or infectious skin diseases, it is necessary to take "safety" measures, and the articles cannot be used, and they should be cleaned and disinfected regularly.
3.？ Reject the "three highs and one low" dietary structure and eat less spicy, fried, pickled and smoked food.
4.？ If one party has digestive system diseases, the husband and wife can eat separately, and the tableware should be cleaned and disinfected. In addition, do not use non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs casually, so as not to cause gastric mucosal damage.