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Heart Speacialist Must Read![]() 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?
Qn : Is eating non-veg food (fish)
good for the heart? Qn : It ' s still a grave shock to
hear that some apparently healthy person gets a cardiac arrest. How do we understand
it in perspective? Qn : Are heart diseases hereditary? Qn : What are the ways in which the
heart is stressed? What practices do you suggest to de-stress? Qn : Is walking better than jogging
or is more intensive exercise required to keep a healthy heart? Qn : You have done so much for the
poor and needy. What has inspired you to do so? Qn : Can people with low blood pressure
suffer heart diseases? 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? Qn : How do irregular eating habits
affect the heart ? Qn : How can I control cholesterol content
without using medicines? Qn : Can yoga prevent heart ailments? Qn : Which is the best and worst food
for the heart? Qn : Which oil is better-groundnut,
sunflower, olive? Qn : What is the routine checkup one
should go through? Is there any specific test? Qn : What are the first aid steps to
be taken on a heart attack? Qn : How do you differentiate between
pain caused by a heart attack and that caused due to gastric trouble? 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. Qn : Is it possible for a person to
have BP outside the normal range of 120/80 and yet be perfectly healthy? Qn : Marriages within close relatives
can lead to heart problems for the child. Is it true? 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? Qn : Will taking anti-hypertensive
drugs cause some other complications (short / long term)? Qn : Will consuming more coffee/tea
lead to heart attacks? Qn : Are asthma patients more prone
to heart disease? Qn : How would you define junk
food? 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? Qn : Does consuming bananas help reduce
hypertension? Qn : Can a person help himself during
a heart attack (Because we see a lot of forwarded emails on this)? Qn : Do, in any way, low white blood
cells and low hemoglobin count lead to heart problems? 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? Qn : Is there a relation between heart
problems and blood sugar? Qn : What are the things one needs
to take care of after a heart operation? Qn : Are people working on night shifts
more vulnerable to heart disease when compared to day shift workers? Qn : What are the modern anti-hypertensive
drugs? Qn : Does dispirin or similar headache
pills increase the risk of heart attacks? Qn : Why is the rate of heart attacks
more in men than in women? Qn : How can one keep the heart in
a good condition? |
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