Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 14: Head Department of cardiology GMCH Jammu Dr. Sushil Sharma held a day long cardiac awareness cum Health check up camp at Kashyap Sabha, Ram lila Chowk, Nai Basti Jammu today. More than 300 people were screened, diagnosed, evaluated and free medicine were also given as per the requirements.
While interacting with the people Dr Sushil stated that hypertension is one of the most prevalent pathologies affecting approximately one in three adults. Of these patients diagnosed with hypertension, only 54% have adequate blood pressure control. The global prevalence of hypertension is 26.4% which accounts for 1.1 billion people, yet only one in five people have adequately managed blood pressure. One study found that prolonged hypertension eventually leads to heart failure with a median time of 14.1 years.
He elaborated that High blood pressure (BP), Smoking, diabetes mellitus, and lipid abnormalities are major modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Among these, high BP is associated with the strongest evidence for causation and has a high prevalence of exposure. However, there is considerable evidence that a biologically normal level of BP in humans is considerably lower than what has been traditionally employed in clinical practice and research, leading to an underrepresentation of the role that BP plays as a risk factor for CVD.
Others who were part of this camp include Dr Nasir Ali Choudhary, Dr Yashwant Sharma and Dr Parvinder Kour. Paramedics and volunteers include Raghav Rajput, Ranjeet Thakur, Rajkumar, Lovely Malpotra, Jatin Bhasin, Rajinder Singh, Aman Gupta, Gourav Sharma, Vikas kumar and Sunny Sharma.
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