2023-09-29 18:42:11
The diet should be low in salt, eliminate ultra-processed foods, reduce carbohydrate consumption with a balanced diet rich in vegetables and fruits are part of the recommendations.
This September 29, like every year since 2000, World Heart Day is celebrated to raise awareness among the population about the need to prevent cardiovascular diseases.
This was reported by Carlos Bartolozzi, clinical cardiologist and internist in an interview with FIRSTwho warns that cardiovascular diseases are the main cause of morbidity.
It is also considered that more than 18 million people die from these diseases in the world, coupled with the main cause of disability affecting the economically active sectors of the countries.
Risk factor’s
Bartolozzi mentions that there are risk factors that are not modifiable such as genetics, patient age, gender and ethnic group.
The specialist mentions as an example that children of parents with cardiovascular disease such as hypertension or a history of heart attacks at ages under 55 years of age in the case of men and 65 years of age in the case of women have a greater risk of suffering from it.
As a person ages it can trigger cardiovascular diseases. Although he points out that men are a higher risk group, women are exposed, once they reach the menopause stage with the decrease in estrogen.
recommendations
Among the modifiable factors, the cardiologist emphasizes that the diet should be low in salt, eliminate ultra-processed foods (sausages, canned foods), reduce carbohydrate consumption with a balanced diet rich in vegetables and fruits.
It highlights the need to do physical activity daily for 30 to 40 minutes, according to the recommendations of the Latin American Heart Association.
Lowering stress levels and having good sleep hygiene by sleeping for at least 7 hours a day, not smoking and not excessively drinking alcoholic beverages are part of Bartolozzi’s recommendations.
Common diagnoses
Among the most common diseases and with the greatest impact on the population is high blood pressure, which requires early diagnosis, otherwise it can cause complications in organs such as the kidney, retina, in the heart itself, dilating its structure or complication of vascular disease. brain that affects the motor part of the body.
It reiterates that hypertension requires a timely diagnosis and adequate treatment to avoid the aforementioned complications.
Blood pressure measurement should be below 130 (systolic) and below 80 when the heart relaxes (diastolic).
Another disease with a cardiovascular impact is diabetes. Bartolozzi says that high blood glucose values affect the arterial circulatory system, producing diabetic retinopathy, kidney disease, diabetic neuropathy and, of course, deteriorating the heart arteries of the lower limbs and generating vascular cerebral disease.
It does not leave aside the high levels of cholesterol that cause an obstructive process in the arteries that leads to heart attacks and deterioration of the circulation of the upper limbs.
Bartolozzi emphasizes that these causes are related to overweight and obesity in the population.
The cardiologist concludes that a routine medical check-up must be carried out to maintain normal values of blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol and avoid complications that could even compromise life.
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