siliconindia | | December 20208Attributing to increase in changing lifestyle, people often miss out on taking care of their health as a result of which there is an exponential increase of non-communicable diseases among the middle-aged population in the last decade. There is a rise in the incidences of diabetes, hypertension, obesity that ultimately leads to cardiovascular ailments, which has not only increased but has almost doubled in the last two decades, among the younger population as well. More and more patients are being referred at a much younger age for management of heart problems and the reason for this is not only the stress and strain that we face but pollution, smoking, poor eating habits, improper sleep patterns and other risk factors also. This is also contributing to a great extent to heart diseases being more common in younger population and that has actually resulted in almost an epidemic of heart diseases in India. Indians are genetically more prone to get heart problems. It is also seen that in the Indian sub-continent, there is more of a problem called truncal obesity (fat accumulated around the stomach and back) which most of us have. Truncal obesity is a very strong indicator of getting coronary artery disease or heart attackBYPASS SURGERY ­ IS THERE A NECESSITY?The mortality rate due to cardiovascular diseases tops the list with over 1.7 crore annual deaths. Over 3.2 crore Indians suffer from some type of cardiac ailments and only 1.5 lakh of them undergo Bypass Surgeries annually. A recent US study has also claimed that in over 85 percent of stable cases of heart ailments, medical intervention like angioplasty or bypass surgeries can be avoided and alternate medical therapy along with lifestyle changes works better. By Dr. Bimal Chhajer, Director, SAAOL Heart CenterIN MYOPINIONNON-INVASIVE NATURAL BYPASS TECHNIQUE CAN TREAT VARIOUS HEART CONDITIONSA well-known personality in the world of medical science, Dr. Bimal is a pioneer in non-invasive cardiology in India.
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