Regular checkups, a healthy lifestyle, and daily exercise help lower the risk of heart-related problems. Expert
ISLAMABAD, 1 October (APP) In order to prevent heart-related deaths, a health expert urged the public on Sunday to embrace a healthy lifestyle that includes daily exercise, routine heart exams, and controlling their weight. This is because the incidence of coronary artery disease (CAD), which includes Pakistan, is disturbingly on the rise worldwide.
Major General (R) Azhar Mehmood Kayani, a leading cardiologist, told the public in an interview with PTV that living a healthy lifestyle will lower the risk of heart-related mortality and encouraged them to frequently have a full heart examination to prevent potential heart attacks. He called for greater public knowledge of cardiovascular illness and ways to prevent it, stating that inactivity and a lack of outdoor activities are the main causes of heart disease.
He advised people to lead a healthy lifestyle and engage in exercise to keep cardiac problems at bay. Dr. Kiyani emphasised the urgent need to treat cardiac disorders seriously and work towards their prevention, noting that diabetes, hypertension, smoking, and a sedentary lifestyle were significant contributors to heart attacks. He said that the number of young Pakistani men with cardiovascular illness was increasing, and that an alarming number of persons under the age of 40 were increasingly being treated for heart attacks in the emergency rooms of cardiac health centres.
Due to sedentary lifestyles and other risk factors, a lot of people in Karachi and the rest of the country between the ages of 25 and 40 are now experiencing heart attacks, he noted. In addition to genetic predispositions, he stated that significant risk factors for heart attacks were smoking, obesity, inactivity, poor diet, including the fast food and very fatty foods popular in Pakistan, and smoking. “Obesity is the mother of most diseases, giving rise to hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases,” he highlighted. According to him, CVDs have been reported in high-, middle-, and low-income nations, and low- and middle-income nations lack the necessary healthcare resources to address the disease burden. In response to a question, he stated that heart disease is the main cause of fatalities.
