Protect Your Heart Health with Your Personalized Risk Map!

Rising temperatures across our country, exceeding seasonal norms, create serious risks for our overall health and heart health. These meteorological conditions triggered by the climate crisis are of great importance, especially for the elderly, children, pregnant women, and those with chronic diseases. High temperatures can disrupt the body's heat balance, causing symptoms such as weakness, dizziness, muscle cramps, and even fainting, while increasing the strain on the cardiovascular system, disrupting fluid-electrolyte balance, and creating the groundwork for serious problems like heart attacks. So how can you protect your heart during summer months?

Why Do Hot Temperatures Strain Our Hearts?

Rising summer temperatures cause our bodies to work hard to cool themselves. During this process, blood vessels feeding our skin dilate and sweating begins. Through sweating, our body loses water, salt, and minerals. The volume of blood circulating in the vessels decreases, causing the blood to become thicker and increasing the risk of clotting. Additionally, blood flow to vital organs may decrease, requiring the heart to work harder to pump blood. This condition poses a significant risk, especially for those with cardiovascular disease, hypertension, or heart failure. The dilation of skin blood vessels in heat requires the heart to pump more blood to balance body temperature. In those with heart failure, this increases the risk of decreased blood flow to vital organs. Fluid and mineral loss through sweating can increase blood coagulation tendency and damage kidney function. This can lead to sudden blood pressure spikes and worsening of heart failure symptoms. In heart patients, mineral loss can trigger palpitations and life-threatening rhythm disorders. Even in healthy individuals, palpitations are frequently observed in summer.

To protect your heart health in summer, you must go beyond just following general rules. To summarize: Drinking plenty of water is important, and you should avoid carbonated and extremely cold drinks as much as possible. Drinks rich in minerals such as buttermilk and mineral water are healthy choices you can consume to replace lost electrolytes. You should limit consumption of caffeinated and alcoholic drinks as they can increase dehydration. Especially those with hypertension and those taking diuretic medications should watch their fluid intake under medical supervision and avoid uncontrolled mineral water consumption. You should avoid going outside during peak sun hours (typically 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM), preferring light-colored, thin clothing. You should avoid oily and saucy foods, moving toward easily digested foods. You can reduce the strain on your heart by scheduling your exercises for early morning or cool evening hours. You should avoid sudden immersion in cold water, as it can have a spasm effect on blood vessels. Those with heart problems or taking blood pressure medication may need their medication doses adjusted by their doctors in summer months. Some blood pressure medications have diuretic properties, causing excessive fluid loss in heat and leading to sudden blood pressure drops. Therefore, you should not neglect regular doctor check-ups.

Support Your Heart's Natural Healing Mechanisms!

As physicians, we recommend that people, especially those with a family history of heart disease and those genetically predisposed, have regular check-ups. We prioritize measuring existing risks and early diagnosis of potential problems. Although cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of death worldwide, early diagnosis allows prevention of cardiovascular problems. Therefore, regular check-ups are very important.

Beyond this, we aim to strengthen the body's capacity for self-renewal through regenerative medicine methods. As Infinity Regenerative Clinic, we adopt personalized approaches to support your heart health. We target accelerating and supporting natural healing processes of the cardiovascular system with regenerative medicine methods, aiming to maintain your overall well-being. As physicians, we use a comprehensive check-up process called Examination, Screening, and Consultation (ESC) to assess your overall health and determine the most suitable personalized methods for you. Using state-of-the-art technological devices and equipment, we scan your body from head to toe and create your general health map. This allows us to detect existing or future diseases and implement necessary preventive measures. Within ESC, we can focus on findings directly related to your heart health. We can detect atherosclerotic plaque formation or narrowing that increases cardiovascular disease risk at an early stage. Additionally, through live blood analysis, we can immediately assess factors that may affect heart load, such as blood fluidity, the condition of clotting cells, and inflammation markers in the body. These analyses help us understand blood thickening and clotting risk associated with dehydration that increases in hot weather. We evaluate all obtained data through multidisciplinary physician collaboration in the consultation phase and can perform personalized health management. We support your body's natural healing mechanisms, minimizing the negative effects of heat, helping you have a healthier and more dynamic summer.

Wishing you a healthy, cool, and joyful summer season. While you energize yourself with the sun's energy, remember to take care of yourself and your heart.