Allahabad: A growing number of heart diseases in India, gives cause for serious concern. Doctors say prevention is the best medicine, and people need to make changes in their lifestyle and eating habits to heart disease at bay. The theme for this year's World Heart Day is "One World, One home, one heart."
To shed light on heart care, Dr. Rajesh Srivastava, a consultant cardiologist MLN Divisional Hospital (Colvin), said about 100 to 150 patients come to treat high blood pressure and heart disease in the OPD. The incidence is increasing in the younger generation, and cardiovascular diseases should be India's number one killer. Worldwide, more than 17.2 million people die of cardiovascular disease. Experts say that by 2020 one out of three deaths in India could be due to cardiovascular disease, most victims being less than 45 years. Doctors advise regular checks for those who have one or more risk factors.
Dr. Srivastava said, said 80 percent of premature deaths from heart disease can be prevented by avoiding smoking and unhealthy diet. According to WHO, in 2015 India would have lost $ 237 million in revenue due to lower productivity and increasing health care costs. There are a number of risk factors associated with heart disease, such as alcohol, tobacco use for high blood pressure, obesity, physical inactivity, unhealthy diet.
The simplest solution is to switch to diet, exercise regularly, lose excess weight and stop smoking and taking prescription medications, said Dr. Srivastava. City-based cardiologist Dr. DK Agrawal said
that the incidence of vascular diseases increase Indians. Common risk factors include diabetes, high blood pressure, passive and active smoking, family history of premature heart disease, lack of exercise, greater alcohol consumption, stress, poor oral hygiene, junk food and low consumption of fruit and vegetables, etc.
Heart attack, occurs in people younger than 40 years, it is always difficult, which is preferable that prevention is better than cure, says cardiologist Dr. Alok Singh. "After 30 years, you should have regular check in the form of glucose, lipid profile, CRP, homocysteine, uric acid, and computer stress test or multi-slice CT angiography. If they are normal, then it should follow a healthy lifestyle through healthy food regular exercise at least 30 minutes while diabetes and blood pressure under control and stop smoking, "said the doctor.
of monitoring needed, says Dr Agarwal, in addition to medication and regular monitoring, diet and lifestyle changes are important for maintaining health after a heart attack. He said that one should avoid eating large amounts of fat and cholesterol in the diet because they can accelerate during solidification and clogging of coronary arteries. A balanced diet helps control cholesterol levels and weight. Dr. Agarwal said, smoking cessation and physical activity help to lower blood pressure and weight control. Walking, swimming, aerobics are also good for heart health. Similarly, when we talk about alcohol, the doctor said that studies have shown that the risk of heart disease in people who drink moderate amounts of alcohol is lower than in nondrinkers. But drinking more than moderate amounts of alcohol can cause heart problems such as hypertension, stroke, irregular heartbeats, and cardiomyopathy (heart muscle disease).
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