Ka thian/thawhpui tamtakin an tangkaipui thu an sawi tawha misual ho hian kan hriat tawh sa a nih ka ringa mahse kan practise ve ang tih chu ka rawn post chhan ber a ni e.
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
Q n: 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 Teresa , 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 22) 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, s 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 nearest coronary 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 disease when 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. (Present Global census show that the Percentage of heart disease in women has increased than in men )
Qn: How can one keep the heart in a good condition?
Ans : Eat a healthy diet, avoid junk food, exercise everyday, do not smoke and, go for health checkup s if you are past the age of 30 ( once in six months recommended) ….
Regards and respect your Heart.
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August 29th, 2010 at 1:29 pm
chhiar hma in in comment ziah a, ka ti ve tawh dawn
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August 29th, 2010 at 1:31 pm
Will consuming more coffee/tea lead to heart attacks?
No
Hei tak hi ka tan a thra ltk
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August 29th, 2010 at 1:43 pm
A va thra ve aw…. Zawhna ka van zawt ve chak tak.
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August 29th, 2010 at 2:03 pm
A bengvarthlak hle mai!
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August 29th, 2010 at 2:05 pm
A nih hi..
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August 29th, 2010 at 2:16 pm
(Fish and Your Heart)
Omega-3 fatty acids are
polyunsaturated fatty acids
found in all seafood, including
shellfish, oysters and shrimp.
When combined with a healthy
diet, research suggests these
fatty acids help protect against
heart disease.
While there are no specific
dietary recommendations for
omega-3 fatty acids, studies
show the healthy effects of
omega-3s can be achieved by
eating fish twice a week. Since
there are more than 200 species
of fish and shellfish available,
adding fish and shellfish to your
weekly eating plan is easy.
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August 29th, 2010 at 2:17 pm
ka tan a va trangkai dawn em..thanks 9mm
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August 29th, 2010 at 2:20 pm
Dr.Devi Shetty-i chu a zir thui toh lutuk anga first year-a an zir a theihnghil ani ange. 1st year biochem ah poh a inziah dan ani tlat si ani.
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August 29th, 2010 at 2:23 pm
Hmeichhia hi chu dr ro ro ah poh an laktlak loh lam zok aniang. Helama kan Cardio HOD thusoi tui pui ber ani si a. Fish fak lo chu an vang asin!!
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August 29th, 2010 at 2:39 pm
sorry! Mipa alo ni reng mai. Award a dong hnem toh zek lehnghal a chhana te an ziak diklo palh emo a chhang thra peih vak lo ani maithei
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August 29th, 2010 at 2:42 pm
zeus#9, ro ro tih hi a dik thei lo. Mizo in ro kan nei ro ro kan nei lo. rau rau tih hi a dik zawk ah ka ngai
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August 29th, 2010 at 2:46 pm
#9 khi chu a diklo vel vek dik lo ta sa rau rau…
Hmeichhia te ka soisela ka zak kan inang tlang vek ti in ka ron siamthra leh e (for whatever its worth)
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August 29th, 2010 at 2:48 pm
purun var is also very good for heart and blood circulation. Rimtui bawk si
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August 29th, 2010 at 2:49 pm
@Pu VaiVa: ‘Ro ro’ hi sms atanga lo chhuak a ni.
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August 29th, 2010 at 3:08 pm
Zeus sawi hi a dik. Fish hi heart tan a thra. American heart assn meuh pawn an tih chuan a thra a niang.
The American Heart Association recommends eating fish (particularly fatty fish) at least two times (two servings) a week
https://americanheart.org/prese.....ifier=4632
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August 29th, 2010 at 3:17 pm
Ka doctor hi chuan fish ei hi chu a pawi lo a ti.. red meat chu ei pawhin khat tawkin, there’s no question of smoking if you had a heart problem, thingpui hi a sen hanga in a thra khawp.
He post hi ka tan a va thra em.
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August 29th, 2010 at 6:05 pm
God cures but Doctors get the price an ti thin mi kha…
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August 29th, 2010 at 6:07 pm
@17 neiliana, ti thin e
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August 29th, 2010 at 6:38 pm
Kan nick te pawh hi a mak thin khawp mai!! :oops:
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August 29th, 2010 at 6:46 pm
Kei chu ka nick a ni lo, ka hming a nia…Ramneiliana
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August 29th, 2010 at 6:49 pm
@neiliana: I hmingpum hriat loh chuan ngaihsual a awl em a nih chu. Sorryyy..
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August 29th, 2010 at 7:07 pm
Nia, pawi lo re re…
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August 29th, 2010 at 9:01 pm
Very very bengvarthlak. Chhiar man a awm hle mai.
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August 30th, 2010 at 12:16 am
PM= pawimawh ful thrak. Ka’n save keuh teh ang. Good post
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August 30th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
A sei sia, save top phots
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