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5 Fascinating Facts About Your Heart to You Need to Know

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Celebrate Heart Month by getting to know your hardest working organ with these five fascinating facts about your heart + the signs of a heart attack. Read it now!

It’s Heart Month in Canada, and I’m not talking the chocolate-filled Valentine’s Day treats we give each other to celebrate our love! I’m talking about that hard-working blood-pumping organ in your chest that makes it possible for you to love in the first place! Think about it, without that heart, you wouldn’t be here to enjoy all the other types of hearts this month! As you take the time to appreciate your loved ones on Valentine’s Day, why not take a little more time to get to know your own heart?

 

Fascinating Facts About Your Heart

The human heart is way more amazing than any representations we will see in stores this month. Check out a few fascinating facts that illustrate just how hard it works to keep you going!

  • Approximately the size of your two hands clasped together, your heart is relatively small but mighty.
  • During an average lifetime it pumps around 1 million barrels of blood (enough to fill more than 3 super tankers).
  • It beats about 100,000 times a day.
  • In the average lifetime, the human heart will beat more than 2.5 billion times.
  • Your heart pumps blood to almost every single one of your 75 trillion cells. The only exception? Your cornea!

You may not like to think about it, but it’s also important to be able to recognize a heart attack, which is what happens when a part of the heart muscle isn’t getting enough blood flow. Symptoms vary by individual; common ones include:

  • Chest discomfort
  • Upper body discomfort (including discomfort in the arms, jaw, neck and back)
  • Shortness of breath
  • Sweating and nausea
  • Light-headedness

In the case of a heart attack make sure you seek immediate treatment. The longer you wait, the more damage to the heart muscle can occur. If you think you are having a heart attack, call 911 then crush or chew two ASPIRIN®81 mg tablets – it could save your life.  ASPIRIN 81mg is approved in Canada for emergency use during a heart attack. If you have questions about your heart, talk to a doctor or trusted health care professional.

Have you heard any other fascinating facts about your heart? Share in the comments!

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Nicole is freelance writer, blogger, and mom to an incredibly smart 13-year-old boy. She is addicted to coffee, tends to hoard books, and watches way too much television. Her favorite thing about being a writer is wearing her pajamas to work every day! She is also the owner of PrettyOpinionated.

Comments

  1. Eli @ Coach Daddy says

    Very cool. I am going to share the bit about the three super tankers. Incidentally, I probably have imbibed the equivalent in Coke Zero, but that’s a story for another day.

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  2. Alicia says

    So many cool things I didn’t know about the heart! It’s amazing what our bodies can do that we don’t even think about because they just do it.

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  3. ckrusch says

    Wow! I had no idea! Such a great post!

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  4. Scott says

    I had heard that about crushing slow-release aspirin. In a pinch it’ll do!

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  5. mail4rosey says

    The body is amazing, especially the heart. A good friend of ours just had a heart transplant and I couldn’t have been more amazed or more happy to hear the news.

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  6. Shannon Graham says

    My hands are pretty small. I just tried it and that’s much tinier than I thought it would be!

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  7. Stacey Werner says

    This is really neat: I love your list of heart facts.
    The heart truly is an amazing organ.

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  8. Melissa Chapman says

    Thank you for those serious facts about the real heart and how much work it does and how to protect it in an emergency. I hope everyone is doing their cardio.

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  9. Toni Dash says

    These are really useful tips! Thanks for sharing these amazing facts! Very interesting!

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  10. rachelferrucci says

    This is important information that we should all know, especially the symptoms! Thanks for sharing- I think I’m going to buy some aspirin to have in the house

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  11. Theresa says

    These are very interesting facts! It’s so important to take care of our hearts. While small, it’s a pretty important part of our bodies!

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  12. Liz Mays says

    Ah, this is really interesting. It’s good to know some of the potential symptoms of heart problems!

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  13. meagan goepferich says

    This is so helpful. I find it interesting that symptoms can differ for women as well.

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  14. Chantal Bernard says

    Wow those are some crazy stats. I always try to make the healthy choices.

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  15. Pam says

    Heart attacks are so scary. It is so important to know the warning signs and do everything you can to stay healthy.

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  16. Robin Rue says

    I am getting older and know I need to start taking better care of my heart. It’s the most important muscle after all.

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