STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: To strengthen their campaign further to aware the common populace about the ill effects of Cardiovascular diseases, Dr Sushil Sharma and his team conducted a day long camp at Seri Panditan, Block Bhalwal, here on Sunday.
In this camp people were screened for any evidence of cardiac ailments which can lead to increase in risk for heart failure and simultaneously they were also educated about the role of primary prevention particularly modifiable cardiac risk factors which can go a long way in reducing the mortality and morbidity associated with heart failure .
While Interacting with the people, Dr Sushil stated that the Incidence and prevalence rates of heart failure are rising due to population, epidemiological and health transitions.
Based on disease-specific estimates of prevalence and incidence rates of heart failure, prevalence of heart failure in India due to coronary heart disease, hypertension, obesity, diabetes and rheumatic heart disease to range from 1.3 to 4.6 million.
The prevalence of HF in India is possibly on the rise as India remains doubly burdened by the rise in the risk factors of traditional cardiovascular disease (CVD) and by the persistence of pre-transitional diseases such as RHD, endomyocardial fibrosis, tuberculous pericardial disease and anaemia.
India’s economic development, industrialization and urbanization have been accompanied by transitions that contribute to the increase in the overall risk of HF. Policy-level interventions targeting HF and risk factors for HF could have a major impact on the burden of disease in India through primordial prevention. First, regulations to limit the salt content of foods have a great potential to reduce the burden of hypertension, CHD and subsequent incidence of HF across a wide spectrum of the population. Both salt reduction and tobacco control are the two cost-effective strategies for reduction of CVD that are ready for scale-up and should be adopted as quickly as possible. Effective clinical interventions for prevention of HF in asymptomatic patients target the three major, modifiable HF risk factors for stage A patients, namely hypertension, atherosclerotic disease and diabetes. Stage B patients, particularly those with asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction, represent another group that derive even greater benefit from preventive efforts because of their increased absolute risk, he added.
He further elaborated that population, epidemiological and health transitions will continue to play an important role in the future burden of HF in India. The formulation of stages of HF (A to D) provides a preventive framework across the spectrum of patients with HF, from at-risk to end-stage. Incorporating effective, comprehensive (primordial through tertiary) prevention of HF provides the best opportunity to curb the projected rise of HF in India.
More than 200 people were examined, evaluated and advised during the camp. ECG, Blood Sugar and HBA1C were conducted and free medicines were also given as per the requirements.
Prominent Members of the area Ashok Kumar (Mandal Pardhan BJM ), Nasib Singh (Sarpanch), Bua Ditta Sharma (Panch), Vijay Kumar ( Panch), Kuldeep Raj ( Panch) Swarn Singh ( Panch), Pankaj Kerni and Vinod Sapolia appreciated the efforts of Dr Sushil and his team for conducting Cardiac Awareness Cum health checkup camp in their area .
Others who were part of this camp included Dr Nasir ali Choudhary ( Cardiologist) Dr Anitipal Singh (Orthopaedician ). Paramedics and Volunteers include Kamal Sharma , Raghav Rajput, Rajkumar ,Milan Kapoor, Harvinder Singh , Manoj Sharma and Akshay Kumar.