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Friday, October 10, 2014   

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Thousands of hunters will fan out across Minnesota on Saturday with the opening of pheasant season. With the firearms deer season approaching as well, hunters are being reminded not only about gun safety, but also to be heart smart.

Dr. Arashk Motiei is a cardiologist with the Mayo Clinic Health System, Mankato. He says it's very easy to put extra stress on the heart with the physical exertion that comes along with hunting and hiking through the fields and woods.

"There is an American Heart Association study that has actually compared the heart's workload off an individual deer hunting to that of the same individual exercising on a treadmill," Motiei says. "They found deer hunting actually places the heart under much more strain."

Motiei says ways to reduce the risk of heart issues include quitting smoking and regular physical activity, not just during the fall hunting seasons.

Motiei says it's also a good idea to avoid hunting alone and to bring a cell phone, so emergency responders can be contacted if someone is suffering from cardiac arrest. The most common symptom is chest pain, which can be severe right away or begin with just a mild discomfort.

"Very often the discomfort starts and gets worse with activity or with exertion," says Motiei. "The hunters I've taken care of who've had heart attacks often noticed the discomfort started when they started to climb hills or when they were hauling bucks. And they also noticed it gets worse with continued activity."

Other symptoms can include shortness or breath, nausea and pain or discomfort in one or both arms, the back, neck, jaw or stomach. Every year in the United States, more than 700,000 people suffer a heart attack.


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