Laxman
Dhakal
Newbaneshwor-10,
Kathmandu Nepal
World
Heart Day was founded in 2000 to inform people around the globe that heart
disease and stroke are the world’s leading causes of death. This day is celebrating on 29th September.
In this year we are going to celebrating ‘world
heart day’ with the slogan of “creating heart-healthy environment”. By ensuring that everyone has the
chance to make healthy heart choices wherever they live,
work and play, World Heart Day encourages us all to reduce our
cardiovascular risk, and promotes a heart-healthy planet for those around us.
Heart
is a main and vital organ of our body which regulates the blood and help to
maintain our body functions by transporting nutritious substances to the single
cell level. In now day heart disease are major cause of premature death. The
heart disease are also known as cardiovascular disease (CVD). About 80% of
premature deaths occurs from cardiovascular disease. The major cardiovascular
disease include coronary artery disease, myocardial infraction (heart attack)
and arrhythmias. The most common heart disease is coronary heart disease which
is major cause of premature death among cardiovascular disease cases. CVD are
more prone on developing as well as developed countries. The major cause of the
cardiovascular problem is sedentary life style and lack of physical activity.
It affects the heart and lead to dysfunction and cause the decrease blood
supply to vital organ kidney and brain.
The
major risk factor for the
development of cardiovascular disease which can modified they are high blood
pressure (hypertension), diabetes, smoking, sedentary life style, high
cholesterol diet, obesity, stress, and harmful use of alcohol and lack of
physical activity. Some risk factors such as family history,
ethnicity and age, cannot be changed.
The
symptoms of cardiovascular disease are deferent from the specific disease
however general symptoms of heart
disease are; headache, chest pain, shortness of breath, numbness, weakness, pain in the neck, jaw,
throat, upper abdomen or back with transforming pattern and sudden decrease or
increase in blood pressure. If these symptoms are seen you should to consult
with your doctor or cardiologist. When you met the doctors the doctors conform
your disease by doing different test like as ECG, echocardiogram, X-ray of
chest and different blood test. If the disease as conformed you should take
medicine continuously and should change your behaviour.
The
risk of CVD can prevent by changing your behaviour and promotes our life with
continuous use of medicine. The preventive
measures are; cessation of smoking, take regular exercise more than 30
minutes per day, reduce your body weight, control of blood pressure. Eat a
heart healthy diet such as a diet reach in fruits vegetable grains and do not
eat food that contains a fat. Maintain the cholesterol level in your body. Take
adequate rest and refreshment to reduce the stress. Alcohol consumption also
emphasize CVD so the consumption of alcohol should be maintain below the
harmful level. At the end cardiovascular disease are develop as the major
disease that kill you in premature stage. So you should change your behaviour
pattern, food intake habit and change sedentary lifestyle to avoid CVD. Save
our heart and be healthy.
