Many children put their parents at risk of heart disease, how come?

Recent research has shown that having more than two children puts you at an increased risk of developing heart disease. The more children there are, the more the financial burden on the parents to meet their children's needs. This burden can cause excessive stress on the parents as providers. In addition, multiple pregnancies also cause hormonal changes in women.

A study of 500,000 people found a strong link between having multiple children and the risk of coronary heart disease, the world's leading cause of death. Researchers in China noted that parents who had two children had a higher risk of developing heart disease than parents who had only one child.

Why does having multiple children increase your chances of heart disease?

Additional social and economic burdens

According to Professor Regitz-Zagrosek, chairman European Society of Cardiology. Many children should be considered as a new factor that affects the risk of developing various types of heart disease and blood vessel disorders, for both boys and girls.

Having one child can indeed provide social and economic support for the parents' future. However, this benefit will be lost or diminished if the parents have many children. This is because the economic and social burden has increased significantly at this time.

Parents should spend more energy, time and money on caring for their children. If this is not accompanied by a healthy lifestyle such as adequate rest, a balanced diet, regular exercise, and good stress management, the social and economic pressure to raise children can have an impact on the health of parents' bodies.

The problem is, with many children, it is common for parents to be sleep deprived, lack of exercise, and have difficulty managing stress from family and work. Not to mention because they are often in a hurry, parents with many children may often eat carelessly without paying attention to the balance of nutrients the body needs to stay healthy.

Being pregnant repeatedly increases the risk of heart disease

Other studies have found that a large number of pregnancies can increase a woman's risk of developing heart rhythm problems later in life. The most common heart rhythm disorder is atrial fibrillation, which can cause blood clots, strokes, and heart failure.

The team of experts from McMaster University in Canada studied more than 30,000 participants who had been pregnant. The study found that women who had four or more pregnancies were about 50 percent more likely to develop atrial fibrillation. Researchers believe that hormone exposure during pregnancy has something to do with this problem.

Complications of pregnancy and heart disease

Women who had a high-risk pregnancy or complications during delivery had an eight times higher risk of developing heart disease later in life. Many studies have shown that heart disease is a long-term threat to women who develop diabetes or high blood pressure during pregnancy.

"Awareness of the link between pregnancy complications and heart disease is driving a lot of new research, and this could help reduce and prevent heart disease in women," said Bairey Merz, a cardiologist at Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, United States of America

Therefore, women who have had complications during pregnancy or childbirth should consult a doctor and have regular medical examinations. The American Heart Association recommends women who have a history of preeclampsia or hypertension (high blood pressure) at the time of pregnancy to go to a doctor and evaluate their risk of heart disease within one year after delivery.

However, for most new mothers without too severe complications during pregnancy, there is no need to panic and go to the doctor right away. You need to eat a healthy and nutritious diet, get regular exercise, manage stress, and get adequate rest.