29 September:A war against CVD.
Are you with us…?
Do you know the importance of
29 September? 29 September is being observed as World Heart Day and this year’s
focus is on cardiovascular disease (CVD) presentation among children and women.
Each year CVD’s kills over
8.6 million women globally. This figure is more than the total no. of woman who
die from cancers, TB, AIDS and malaria combined. This alarming figure has made
WHO on focus on CVD’s among women by running the GORED for women campaign to
increase women’s knowledge of heart disease and stoke. Improved knowledge will
help them take action and achieve longer, better heart-healthy life.
You will be surprised to know that even..........to be contd...
children are vulnerable .The risk of CVDs can began during foetal development and increase further during childhood with exposure to unhealthy diet, lack of exercise and smoking. Modern materialistic society is exposing children to risk factors such as diet high in bad fat and sugar. Today children are comfortable with activities such as playing games on computer or mobile, watching TV and addiction of net surfing. They mainly avoid outdoor games or physical activities. They also take up tobacco consumption at very early stage or are exposed to secondhand tobacco smoke. All these activities making them vulnerable to CVDs,
children are vulnerable .The risk of CVDs can began during foetal development and increase further during childhood with exposure to unhealthy diet, lack of exercise and smoking. Modern materialistic society is exposing children to risk factors such as diet high in bad fat and sugar. Today children are comfortable with activities such as playing games on computer or mobile, watching TV and addiction of net surfing. They mainly avoid outdoor games or physical activities. They also take up tobacco consumption at very early stage or are exposed to secondhand tobacco smoke. All these activities making them vulnerable to CVDs,
You must know that heart is a
muscular pump in chest. I mist beat continuously to sent blood to lungs and body.
So when arteries get clogged with bad cholesterol , plagues ,scar tissue or
calcium. So the heart slow down and find it difficult to circulate blood. This
slowing down leads to problem from chest pain to heart failure or heart attack.
Chest pain is the first
symptom to heart attack and some major symptoms are sudden cold, sweating,
weakness and nausea. This is confirmed by electrocardiography.
We can all make effort to
educate our family members and friends to help prevent heart disease one can
bring risk factors like high blood pressure and high cholesterol level by
following heart diet, exercising, improving cholesterol level, managing stress, Controlling high blood pressure,
weight and also smoking.
So let us all join hands and
adopt healthy life style. We should always remember that prevention is always
better than cure and bottom line of prevention is to follow heart healthy life
and enjoying a healthy heart. Also we should all pray to Allah to save us from
such types of disease.
article by-
Mohd Faizan Siddiqui
