Have a good and healthy life folks..
A chat with Dr.Devi Shetty,Narayana Hrudayalaya (Heart
Specialist) Bangalore was arranged by WIPRO for its
employees .The transcript of the chat is given below.
Useful for everyone.
Qn: What are the thumb rules for a layman to take
care of his heart?
Ans:
1. Diet - Less of carbohydrate, more of protein, less oil
2. Exercise - Half an hour's walk, at least five days a week; avoid lifts
and avoid sitting for a longtime
3. Quit smoking
4. Control weight
5. Control blood pressure and sugar
Qn: Is eating non-veg food (fish) good for the heart?
Ans: No
Qn: It's still a grave shock to hear that some apparently
healthy person gets a cardiac arrest. How do we understand
it in perspective?
Ans: This is called silent attack; that is why we recommend
everyone past the age of 30 to undergo routine health
checkups.
Qn: Are heart diseases hereditary?
Ans: Yes
Qn: What are the ways in which the heart is stressed?
What practices do you suggest to de-stress?
Ans: Change your attitude towards life. Do not look for
perfection in everything in life.
Qn: Is walking better than jogging or is more intensive
exercise required to keep a healthy heart?
Ans: Walking is better than jogging since jogging
leads to early fatigue and injury to joints
Qn: You have done so much for the poor and needy.
What has inspired you to do so?
Ans: Mother Theresa , who was my patient
Qn: Can people with low blood pressure suffer
heart diseases?
Ans: Extremely rare
Qn: Does cholesterol accumulates right from an
early age (I'm currently only 2 2 ) or do you have
to worry about it only after you are above 30 years of age?
Ans: Cholesterol accumulates from childhood.
Qn: How do irregular eating habits affect the heart ?
Ans: You tend to eat junk food when the habits are irregular
and your body's enzyme release for digestion gets confused.
Qn: How can I control cholesterol content without using
medicines?
Ans: Control diet, walk and eat walnut.
Qn: Can yoga prevent heart ailments?
Ans: Yoga helps.
Qn: Which is the best and worst food for the heart?
Ans: Fruits and vegetables are the best and the worst is oil.
Qn: Which oil is better - groundnut, sunflower, olive?
Ans: All oils are bad .
Qn: What is the routine checkup one should go through?
Is there any specific test?
Ans: Routine blood test to ensure sugar, cholesterol is ok.
Check BP,Treadmill test after an echo.
Qn: What are the first aid steps to be taken on a heart attack?
Ans: Help the person into a sleeping position , place an aspirin
tablet under the tongue with a sorbitrate tablet if available,
and rush him to a coronary care unit since the maximum
casualty takes place within the first hour.
Qn: How do you differentiate between pain caused by
a heart attack and that caused due to gastric trouble?
Ans: Extremely difficult without ECG.
Qn: What is the main cause of a steep increase in heart
problems amongst youngsters? I see people of about
30-40 yrs of age having heart attacks and serious
heart problems.
Ans: Increased awareness has increased incidents. Also,
edentary lifestyles, smoking, junk food, lack of exercise
in a country where people are genetically three times
more vulnerable for heart attacks than Europeans
and Americans.
Qn: Is it possible for a person to have BP outside the
normal range of 120/80 and yet be perfectly healthy?
Ans: Yes.
Qn: Marriages within close relatives can lead to heart
problems for the child. Is it true?
Ans : Yes, co-sanguinity leads to congenital abnormalities
and you may not have a software engineer as a child
Qn: Many of us have an irregular daily routine and many
a times we have to stay late nights in office. Does this
affect our heart ? What precautions would you recommend?
Ans : When you are young, nature protects you against all
these irregularities. However, as you grow older,
respect the biological clock.
Qn: Will taking anti-hypertensive drugs cause some other
complications (short / long term)?
Ans : Yes, most drugs have some side effects. However,
modern anti-hypertensive drugs are extremely safe.
Qn: Will consuming more coffee/tea lead to heart attacks?
Ans : No.
Qn: Are asthma patients more prone to heart disease?
Ans : No.
Qn: How would you define junk food?
Ans : Fried food like Kentucky , McDonalds , samosas, and even
masala dosas.
Qn: You mentioned that Indians are three times more
vulnerable. What is the reason for this, as Europeans and
Americans also eat a lot of junk food?
Ans: Every race is vulnerable to some disease and
unfortunately, Indians are vulnerable for the most
expensive disease.
Qn: Does consuming bananas help reduce hypertension?
Ans : No.
Qn: Can a person help himself during a heart attack
(Because we see a lot of forwarded emails on this)?
Ans : Yes. Lie down comfortably and put an aspirin tablet
of any description under the tongue and ask someone
to take you to the nearestcoronary care unit without any
delay and do not wait for the ambulance since most of
the time, the ambulance does not turn up.
Qn: Do, in any way, low white blood cells and low
hemoglobin count lead to heart problems?
Ans : No. But it is ideal to have normal hemoglobin
level to increase your exercise capacity.
Qn: Sometimes, due to the hectic schedule we are not
able to exercise. So,does walking while doing daily
chores at home or climbing the stairs in the house,
work as a substitute for exercise?
Ans : Certainly. Avoid sitting continuously for more than
half an hour and even the act of getting out of the
chair and going to another chair and sitting helps a lot.
Qn: Is there a relation between heart problems and blood sugar?
Ans: Yes. A strong relationship since diabetics are more
vulnerable to heart attacks than non-diabetics.
Qn: What are the things one needs to take care of
after a heart operation?
Ans : Diet, exercise, drugs on time , Control
cholesterol, BP, weight..
Qn: Are people working on night shifts more
vulnerable to heart diseasewhen compared to
day shift workers?
Ans : No.
Qn: What are the modern anti-hypertensive drugs?
Ans : There are hundreds of drugs and your doctor
will chose the right combination for your problem,
but my suggestion is to avoid the drugs and go for
natural ways of controlling blood pressure by walk,
diet to reduce weight and changing attitudes
towards lifestyles.
Qn: Does dispirin or similar headache pills increase
the risk of heart attacks?
Ans : No.
Qn: Why is the rate of heart attacks more in men
than in women?
Ans : Nature protects women till the age of 45.
Qn: How can one keep the heart in a good condition?
Ans : Eat a healthy diet, avoid junk food, exercise everyday,
do not smokeand, go for health checkups if you are past
the age of 30 ( once in six months recommended) ....
Send it to all your nearest and dearest ...which should be many........ ..
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