With the stresses, lifestyle and diet of the average truck driver this should serve as a warning that you may suffer a serious problem and should be a cause of concern for anyone not simply the truck driver. The good news is that this condition can be controlled successfully and current medical therapies more often than not lead to a long and productive life…
A-Fib or Artrial fibrillation is one type of arrhythmia and is the most common and well known to truck drivers. It is an abnormal heart rhythm characterized by the rapid and irregular beating of the atrial chambers of the heart…
Heart murmurs a relatively common in our society. According to the American Heart Association a heart murmur exists in 40 to 45% of children and 10 percent of adults. Murmurs can come and go throughout a person’s lifetime, and most are innocent. Also, since murmurs don’t often cause noticeable symptoms, you could have a murmur and not even know it.