Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 13: To educate the people about the increasing prevalence of diabetes, Head Department of Cardiology SSH Jammu, Dr Sushil Sharma today organized a screening cum awareness camp at British International School, Sainik Colony Jammu.
The camp was inaugurated by Dr Sushil Sharma along with Gita Sharma (Chairperson) British International School. Children of the school, parents and staff participated and were educated about the importance of ever rising incidence of diabetes and its relation with the cardiac ailments and primary interventions to reduce them. The relevant screening tests like Blood Sugar, HBA1C , ECG, Bone Density were performed and medicine were distributed as per the requirement.
While Interacting with the People Dr Sushil stated that the incidence of diabetes mellitus (DM) continues to rise and has quickly become one of the most prevalent and costly chronic diseases worldwide. A close link exists between DM and Cardiovascular Disease (CVD), which is the most prevalent cause of morbidity and mortality in diabetic patients. Cardiovascular (CV) risk factors such as obesity, hypertension and dyslipidemia are common in patients with DM, placing them at increased risk for cardiac events.
In addition, many studies have found biological mechanisms associated with DM that independently increases the risk of CVD in diabetic patients. Therefore, targeting CV risk factors in patients with DM is critical to minimize the long-term CV complications of the disease. Both type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes are independent risk factors for CHD. Moreover, myocardial ischemia due to coronary atherosclerosis commonly occurs without symptoms in patients with diabetes. As a result, multi vessel atherosclerosis often is present before ischemic symptoms occur and before treatment is instituted. A delayed recognition of various forms of CHD undoubtedly worsens the prognosis for survival for many diabetic patients, Dr Sharma said.
Others who were part of this camp include Dr Nasir Ali Choudhary (Cardiologist), Dr Dhaneshwer Kapoor, Dr Syed Rahella and Dr Vivak Arya. Paramedics and Volunteers include Akshay Kumar, Raghav Rajput, Kamal Sharma, Ranjeet Singh, Gourav Sharma, Rajinder Singh, Maninder Singh, Harvinder Singh, Navdeep Kapoor, Sahil Sharma and Harjeet Singh.
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