Keep your heart free from ailments
Being aware of symptoms and taking the right steps in terms of diet and lifestyle can help prevent heart attack
It is well known that no ailment concerns residents in the UAE more than heart disease. The reasons could be many: but the point is that cardiovascular diseases are spontaneously linked to life and death. There isn’t any doubt, as heart ailments at times, especially heart attacks, can prove lethal. Perhaps this is why a heart-related condition are cautiously dealt with. Heart disease is the number one killer worldwide and is often a major source of disability, such as paralysis owing to a subsequent stroke attack. The most common cause for cardiovascular diseases is the narrowing or blockage of the coronary arteries, obstruction in blood supply to the heart as well as instant shock or stress. But a constant behind the disease are diet, habits and lifestyle. This is why doctors and health consultants lay stress on control over blood pressure, quitting smoking, making regular exercises, especially
walking a daily habit, and last but not the least keeping a tab on cholesterol.
Heart diseases, however, are preventable. Eating a healthy diet with proper and balanced intake of proteins, carbohydrates and vitamins can make the difference. Likewise, counselling with the doctor followed by regular check-ups are indispensable.
Among the things that everybody should know are the signs and symptoms of a heart attack. To list out a few: pain or discomfort in one or both arms, neck, jaw or stomach or backache. Breathlessness followed by discomfort, cold sweat, nausea or any kind of uncomfortable pressure in your chest is a matter of concern.
Moreover, fluid build-up in the lungs, swelling in feet, ankles and legs are other potential signs of heart ailment. Signs of a heart attack can be spotted by anybody by observing the following signs: face drooping; arm weakness and speech difficulty. In such cases, one should react fast and call an ambulance.
Healthy diet and regular check-ups can curb heart ailment. It could help avoid procedural things such as angioplasty and bypass operations, provided the disease is taken care of in its initial phase, followed by dietary and healthy supplements.
The sooner one gets on track in supervising and controlling their health, the better he/she will be in successfully eradicating the disease and live a normal life.
At times a person suffering with heart ailments may not know about it, and feel perfectly normal, until the disease strikes him in unexpected situations. Getting tested periodically is the way to go to avoid hospitalisation and instant surgeries.
It is also important to be on guard with reference to risk factors. Regardless of age or family history factor, it is likely that one can contract heart disease. Diabetics, blood pressure and cholesterol are three major things that should always be under check. It is also important that the patient should speak up to the doctor, his family members as well as his colleagues about the symptoms he/she feels, so that in case of any unacceptable behaviour or sudden collapse, the person concerned is rushed to medical aid with a minimum of valid information on his health and disease.
— mehkri@khaleejtimes.com
Eating a healthy diet with proper and balanced intake of proteins, carbohydrates and vitamins can make the difference. Likewise, counselling with the doctor followed by regular checkups are indispensable.