Do you want to learn about your cardiovascular health?
Get screened, talk to a health coach, set goals and get your heart health plan in action! The St. Luke's Community Heart Health Screening offers you the opportunity to learn about your risk for cardiovascular disease, to connect to resources, and to create a plan to keep your heart healthy.
Screenings are FREE, in-person, require a finger stick and take 15 minutes. Results are immediate and include total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol (good), blood glucose, blood pressure, and waist circumference.
Talk with your
doctor to see if you are at risk for heart disease and could benefit from screening tests.
Common heart risk factors include:
- A personal history of high cholesterol, high blood pressure, or high blood sugar
- Family history of heart disease
- Tobacco use
- Age
- Obesity
- Physical inactivity
You can have different symptoms of heart disease depending on what's wrong.
Heart disease symptoms may include:
- Pounding or racing heart (palpitations)
- Sweating
- Lightheadedness
- Shortness of breath
- Dizziness or sudden unexplained loss of consciousness
- Chest or upper body pain, pressure, heaviness or discomfort
- Neck pain
- Heartburn or indigestion
- Nausea or vomiting
- Swelling in your lower body
- Exhaustion
- Difficulty sleeping
- Inability to handle exercise
- Fever