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The National Association
of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Clubs – Toledo
Club celebrated the month of February with love by honoring
the National Heart Month “Go Red” Health Initiative. In
recognition to heart healthy month. These business women
wore red for several programs in support of the month.
The Toledo Club Sisters
wore red on National Wear Red Day which was Friday, February
3, 2017 marking 14 years of the “Little Red Dress “and on
Saturday February 4 at Indiana Avenue Missionary Baptist
Church for the Cotillion Screening. The “Little Red Dress
–GO RED” was initiated to bring national attention to the
fact that heart disease is the number one killer of women
and to bring awareness to everyone. The Little Red Dress
shows the clubs support in the fight against heart disease.
On Tuesday February 7,
2017 the NANBPWC, Inc. - Toledo Club wore red again at the
Girl Scout Building as Donna Todd, club health chairman,
spoke on hyperglycemia and provided information from Novo
Nordisk on high blood sugar and low blood sugar which can be
a link that disturbs the flow of blood to the heart. She
stated causes for low blood sugar are: taking certain
medicines and eating too few carbohydrates, or skipping or
delaying a meal, taking too much insulin or diabetes pills
(ask your diabetes care team if this applies to you) or
being more active than usual.
Some signs and symptoms
when your blood sugar is low: you make be shaky, sweaty,
dizzy, sudden behavior change, hungry, weak or tired,
headaches, nervous or upset. If low blood sugar is not
treated, it can become severe and cause you to pass out.
Some causes for high blood
pressure (also called hypoglycemia) is when there is too
much sugar in your blood. Over time it can cause serious
health problem. High blood sugar can happen if you: skip a
dose of insulin or diabetes pills, eat more than usual, are
under stress or sick. Here are signs and symptoms of what
may happen when your blood sugar is high; very thirst, need
to pass urine more than usual, very hungry, sleepy, blurry
vision, infections or injuries heal more slowly than usual.
This is only one of many
causes that cause heart problems and needs not to be
overlooked. Researchers from the University of Sheffield
found that overnight hypoglycemia was associated with
increased susceptibility to cardiac arrhythmias in patients
with type 2 diabetes who had a history of cardiovascular
disease. This population
is similar to the subgroup that experienced a higher than
expected mortality rate in the Action to Control
Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) study.
Researchers note that
these new findings may also shed light on the “dead in bed”
syndrome experienced by people with type 1 diabetes, who
often experience high rates of nocturnal hypoglycemia that
can lead to death.
The Toledo Club of the
National Association of Negro Business and Professional
Women’s Clubs, Inc. wished everyone a Heart Healthy Month.
So GO RED for Heart Health and they suggested that each
family member learned his or her family health history.
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