Cardiac Awareness organized By Fortis Hospital
Author(s): City Air NewsLudhiana, May 2, 2015: Heart Awareness program called “Cardiac Awareness” was organized by Fortis Hospital, Ludhiana in association with Helping Hands Club, an NGO. More than 115 patients and their relatives attended...
Ludhiana, May 2, 2015: Heart Awareness program called “Cardiac Awareness” was organized by Fortis Hospital, Ludhiana in association with Helping Hands Club, an NGO. More than 115 patients and their relatives attended the programme. Programme was held under the supervision of Dr.Sandeep Chopra, Consultant Cardiologist. Helping Hand Club (NGO) has called “Cardiac Awareness”. Separate rounds of Interaction were held and a lot of queries regarding Heart care problems were resolved. The whole session was followed by question-answer round on various scenarios of daily life.
Giving information regarding blood Dr. Chopra said “The influence of temperature changes on risk factors like Hypertension (high Blood Pressure) is often disregarded despite extensive literature on the phenomenon. Numerous surveys and studies have documented the correlation between temperature and blood pressure in various countries among adults, the elderly, and children”.
Twenty-four-hour blood pressure studies also generally show higher blood pressure in the winters. Patients in the borderline-to-mild hypertensive range often need higher dose pharmacologic treatment (medicines) only in winter and hypertensive patients themselves may spontaneously decrease their medications during summer. Moreover, the prevalence of strokes and heart attacks was found to increase in winter. In North India, the proportion of patients with Hypertension (with and without coronary artery disease) was found to be the greatest in winter and declined during summer. Despite the published evidence of the clinical influence of temperature changes on risk factors like hypertension, this phenomenon is often overlooked.
The suggested etiology is that cold increases constriction of blood vessels, evidenced by elevated blood pressure. Profuse sweating at higher temperatures was implicated as well, as it leads to hypovolemia (loss of body fluids). Weight and exercise may play a role in the seasonal variations. People gain weight in the winter and lose weight in the summer as people tend to exercise more in the summer and less in the winter.
Awareness of this phenomenon will result in more personalized, tailored dosages of antihypertensive medications. This should be done under supervision of your treating doctor.
Also present on the occasion were Vivan Gill, Facility Director, Dr.Harpreet Brar, Admin Head, Dr.Ankush Mehta, Medical Superintendent, Fortis Hospital Ludhiana and Raman Goyal, President, Helping Hand Club.
Date:
Saturday, May 2, 2015