Noise and risk of myocardial infarction

Do you live near a motorway or an airport? Your neighbors are too noisy? Do you work with machines roaring all day? If you really live in such an environment, you may have and will have a heart attack.

Working in a loud noise environment increases the risk of 30% heart attack.(Photo: VCCI)

A study in Germany demonstrated that living or working in a noisy environment increases the risk of cardiovascular disease.

Doctor Stefan Willich, working at the Berlin Institute of Social and Epidemiology, reviewed 4,115 cases of men and women in their 50s, who were hospitalized for symptoms associated with them. to cardiovascular.

Comparing the answers of the group of respondents with good health and never showing signs of cardiovascular disease, Dr. Willich concluded: patients with heart attacks were those who came into contact with the language. more noise.

Living close to motorways with large traffic volume increases the risk of cardiovascular disease by 46%, working in a high noise environment increases the risk of disease by 30%.

In addition, women are greatly affected by noise. They are more susceptible to heart attack while men are less affected by the sound intensity they must be exposed to.

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