STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Taking a step further to aware the common people about the effects of cardiovascular diseases, Dr. Sushil Sharma, HoD Cardiology GMCH Jammu, held a day long camp at Shree Atam Vallab Jain Clinic at Talab Tillo, here Sunday.
Accompanied by a team of young doctors, paramedics and volunteers, Dr. Sushil examined people of the area for prevalence of cardiac diseases and other health ailments.
More than 200 people were screened, evaluated, diagnosed and free medicines were given as per the requirements.
Dr Sushil said that ‘stress’ is a reaction of the organism to a stressor with various negative health consequences. Stress may cause Myocardial Ischemia, rhythm disturbances, platelets stimulation, increased blood viscosity through hemoconcentration as well as endothelial dysfunction and coronary vasoconstriction in the presence of arteriosclerosis of the coronary arteries.
Psychosocial risk factor may also lead to the development and to clinical consequences of arteriosclerosis. Living a stressful life can cause people to adopt poor habits and eating badly, which in turn are risk factors for CVD. The five most important psychosocial risk factors are depression, anxiety, personality factors, social isolation and chronic life stress.
While interacting with the people he stated that when you are exposed to long periods of stress, your body gives warning signals that something is wrong. These physical, cognitive, emotional and behavioral warnings signs should not be ignored. They tell that you need to slow down. If you continue to be stressed and you don’t give your body a break, you are likely to develop health problems like heart disease or you could also worsen an existing illness.
“All Indians , and particularly those groups that are most affected by stress – which include women ,younger adults and those with lower incomes need to address this issue sooner than later in order to better their health and well being,” he added.
Dr Sushil also exhorted that there are many stressful situations – at work, at home, on the road and in public places. we may feel stress because of poor communication, too much work and everyday hassles like standing in line. Emergency stress stoppers help you deal with stress on the spot. You may need different stress stoppers for different situations.
There are many healthier ways to manage stress-Get moving, engage socially, alter the situation, adapt the stressor, accept the things you can’t change, make time for fun and relaxation, adopt a healthy lifestyle. Any technique is effective. Management of stress requires staying positive, meditation, exercise and unplug for sometime from the situation, listen to music or read a book. Various stress management intervention programme have proven to be effective. Cardiac rehabilitation programme in conjunction with psychosocial interventions has shown to reduce cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.
Members of the Shree Jain Clinic Sudhershan Jain, Pardeep Jain, Virender Jain and Inderjeet Jain appreciated the efforts of Dr Sushil and his team for organising cardiac awareness camp in their area and expressed heartfelt gratitude.
Others who were part of this humane effort included Dr. Mohi Kalsotra, Dr. Dhaneshwar Kapoor Dr Achint singh. Paramedics and Volunteers who were part of the team included Kamal Kishore, Kashmiri Lal, Sanjay Sharma, Nitesh Mahajan, Gautam Malhotra, Harvinder Singh, Lokesh Manni, Gourav Sharma, Aman Gupta, Rajeev Vohra and Vikas Kumar.
