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KNOW HOW STRESS AFFECTS YOUR HEART HEALTH

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 Stress is a normal part of life, but it's how we handle it that matters. Whether daily stresses arise from deadlines or bills, ignoring stress can leave us suffering for longer than necessary! A lot of people find relief via different methods. It’s vital that you try to do everything in your power to relieve stress because once it becomes too much it could lead to a serious condition like depression or heart problems.    Dr. Ganesh Krishnan Iyer talks about how chronic stress can make the heart work harder by increasing blood pressure and heart rate. What’s more is that the long-term effects of it can cause hypertension, abnormal heart rhythms, heart failure and even myocardial infarctions. Find out more about the nature of stress in this piece from GKT IYER to understand why it negatively affects the health of your heart! What Causes Stress? There are many different kinds of stress, not everyone is stressed by the same thing. While it may be normal to experience ...

SIMPLE WAYS TO KEEP OUR HEART HEALTHY DURING WINTERS (GKT IYER)

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 We all enjoy the winter season. We enjoy hot coffee and candies on cold days, but we also tend to associate the winter with old friends and family reunions/festivals. But it’s also of vital importance to restrict your intake of saturated fats during the winter months to help avoid clogged arteries and keep your heart in good health. Unfortunately, incidences of human casualties due to heart disease and stroke increase during the winter season. Luckily, these conditions are avoidable with a healthy lifestyle. Studies have shown that heart attacks in winter are less sometimes fatal than in summer. Angina, heart attack and other heart related conditions are more common on winter mornings. How does winter affect heart health? In cold weather, our noses tend to get sore and runny, resulting in a runny nose and sneezing constantly. You may also suffer from some stuffy congestion. Most common in winter are colds and the flu which can have serious symptoms like coughs, fevers, h...

What is the main cause of heart failure?

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 The phrase "heart failure" is often used to describe the condition when the heart becomes ineffective or is no longer able to pump enough blood throughout the body. However, there are two different types of heart failure according to the severity of the condition - one can be called congestive heart failure. It requires some sort of medical attention if it goes untreated, but it isn't always taken as seriously as true heart failure. Your body relies on the heart’s pumping action in order to deliver oxygen with each beat throughout the body. When there isn't enough blood flow, the heart muscle will weaken drastically which may eventually lead to severe pain and in some cases with longer-term effects in regards to everyday tasks such as carrying items from one place to another. On a less serious note, sometimes these abnormal changes can result in shortness of breath or even chronic day-to-day fatigue but again, these tend to get better over time. In rare cases howev...

HEART VALVE DISEASE TREATMENT (GKT IYER)

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  What is Heart Valve Surgery? Heart valve surgery is a procedure used to repair or replace malfunctioning heart valves. Heart valves are what channel blood into and out of your heart in a bidirectional manner so that it can be circulated and oxygenated throughout the body. These valves open and close with the aid of high blood pressure and help keep your blood from flowing the wrong way due to their function. This procedure involves an open-chest surgery except for certain circumstances which normally result in less invasive procedures being performed. What causes heart valve problems? Heart valve diseases are popular illnesses in India as well as many western countries. In India, heart valve problems are often caused by rheumatic heart diseases in childhood. While in western countries, the causes of heart valve disorders stem from degenerative myxomatous – a connective tissue disorder affecting the mitral valves most often. As with any condition or disease, it is best to be...

Keeping Your Heart Healthy from COVID-19 Pandemic in 2022

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  The heart is one of the most important organs of the human body. The health of our heart greatly depends on how healthy our lifestyle is – and that certainly includes what we eat! COVID-19's pandemic has affected many people already, but here are a few things as listed by the best doctor in Bangalore ( Dr. Ganesh Krishnan Iyer ) to help those who've been locked out from the world stay as healthy as possible amid this lockdown: Stay home but stay active- You might be curious how to stay active at home. You have options if you don’t have access to a gym, want the privacy of working out alone, or simply do not feel like going outside! At home workouts can still be a blast and a big stress reliever. Many medical professionals from the best hospital in Bangalore encourage “at home” yoga sessions because it helps bring down your heart rate and assist in relaxation. In addition to yoga, you might also try basic exercises such as sit-ups, lunges, leg raises, scissors etc. Consider ...

Everything We Need To Know About Heart Surgery

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  A popular surgical procedure that is used on infants and adults to repair problems with the heart. Generally, the chest is cut open so as to reach the heart without opening up the arteries. Heart surgery can fix heart valve and artery defects flawlessly, restoring blood flow or even replacing a diseased heart. This process requires open-heart surgery, known to have its downsides and potentially devastating complications. Still to this day, some heart bypass  surgery is being performed without making a big opening in the middle of the body. Types and Reasons for an Open Heart Surgery ·          The most common type of heart surgery is coronary artery bypass graft (also known as open-heart heart surgery). Coronary artery bypass is used to replace the diseased coronary artery with a healthy artery or vein taken from the body in an effort to bypass blocked arteries. The surgeon is performed on patients with coronary heart disease to p...

TOBACCO AND THE HIGH RISK OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR DISEASES

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  Generally, tobacco utilization is viewed as more connected with lung illnesses, yet while it influences an individual's general prosperity it can conceivably make irreversible harm to the other body organs including the heart. It altogether makes harms the lungs' working and greatly influences the cardiovascular soundness of an individual. Continuous hacking, trouble breathing can be evident indications of the degree of harm tobacco utilization has caused to the lungs, and recognizing such manifestations quickly can be checked, however, some inside harms can just bring about antagonistic impacts. The extreme effect tobacco causing to the veins, courses, kidneys, and so on may not be that evident however in since quite a while ago run may arise with higher dangers. A similar way an abrupt cardiovascular failure may show one day how tobacco utilization has dealt with your body for that load of years. The heart wellbeing chances related to smoking are a significant worry in both...