Covid-induced changes, lifestyle contributing to high heart fatalities: Doctors

USE KNOW together hearts beat louder USE On World Heart Day, today, as there is more awareness on heart diseases and ways to prevent it, doctors focus on checking the increase in heart ailments.

Bad lifestyle, covid-induced changes in the body, stress are all contributing to increase in heart issues, say doctors.

Dr Ranjan Sharma, senior cardiologist feels it is critical to understand the causes and prevention of heart disease. Heart disease is quite frequent in developing countries such as India. As time passes, the prevalence of obesity, hypertension, and diabetes rises, resulting in an increase in sudden cardiac fatalities.

Diabetes is fairly frequent, owing to our geographic and genetic factors, as well as increased urbanization.

Diabetes promotes hypertension and obesity. It is critical to recognize that the rise in calorie consumption, sedentary lifestyle and stress have raised the risks of young people between the ages of 25 and 50 developing heart disease.