Your Heart Deserves Attention, At Every Age | Manipal Hospital Saltlake

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The video features a discussion between Dr. Jagisha Shroff and Professor Dr. Ranjan Kumar Sharma from Manipal Hospital Salt Lake, focusing on the escalating prevalence of heart diseases among younger populations. The experts identify that conditions such as coronary artery disease, hypertension, high cholesterol, heart attacks, heart failure, and cardiac arrhythmias are increasingly common due to rapid urbanization and poor lifestyle choices. These ailments are described as "lifestyle diseases" driven by excessive salt and fat intake, reliance on fast food, sedentary habits, elevated stress levels, and atmospheric pollution. Consequently, the medical community is witnessing a disturbing trend where young people are succumbing to heart attacks at alarming rates, necessitating a shift in how society perceives and manages cardiovascular health. To combat these rising risks, the doctors emphasize that prevention hinges entirely on significant lifestyle modifications starting from childhood. They advocate for integrating healthy habits into the culture of schools and families, ensuring that children engage in regular physical activity rather than being glued to mobile phones. Key recommendations include maintaining timely control of blood pressure, managing lipid profiles, consuming green vegetables, limiting fast food intake, and quitting smoking. The experts argue that these precautions must become an intrinsic part of one's DNA, similar to practices in Western countries, because there is no other effective way to ensure a disease-free life. Early intervention is crucial, as waiting until symptoms appear often leads to irreversible damage or sudden cardiac death. Regular health screenings are presented as a mandatory practice for everyone over the age of 20, with frequency increasing based on age and family history. Individuals should undergo at least one comprehensive check-up after turning twenty to assess blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar, body weight, and BMI. Those aged thirty and above, especially those with a family history of heart disease or sudden cardiac death, are advised to visit a cardiologist annually. The doctors also address common misconceptions, such as the belief that being physically fit or having a lean body automatically guarantees heart health. They clarify that obesity, diabetes, and high cholesterol are "silent killers" that cause inflammation and damage blood vessels over time, often without visible external signs, making medical testing essential rather than relying on appearance. In conclusion, the dialogue underscores that managing risk factors like obesity, diabetes, and high cholesterol is critical to preventing heart attacks, strokes, and kidney diseases. Obesity is highlighted as the root cause of many health problems, leading to chronic inflammation and metabolic issues, while diabetes damages blood vessels through abnormal organic compounds. The only viable path forward is to control sugar levels, maintain an ideal body weight, and monitor cholesterol strictly. By starting these preventive measures early in life and adhering to a disciplined lifestyle, individuals can significantly reduce their risk of cardiovascular events. The experts urge the public to filter information from social media responsibly and seek advice from authorized medical professionals to navigate the complex landscape of heart health effectively.

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Namaskar. I'm Dr. Jagisha Shroff from Manipal Hospitals. And Professor Dr. Ranjan Kumar Sharma, senior [music] consultant interventional cardiology with over four decades of experience here at Manipal Hospital, Salt Lake. Come, let's talk to him and get to know the scope of heart diseases a little better. Sir, namaskar. Sir, thank you so much at me at the show my bill query assistant. Sir, we would like to start with the very basic questions. [music] Sir, I'm not going to What are the most common heart conditions that we are seeing today and why are they on the rise? You don't want to talk to me about this rule romantic heart disease. Common chill or blood pressure high up common chill. I don't have a high blood pressure, high cholesterol level, and heart attacks busy, heart failure busy. Heart blocks they will all to face my girl like this they will all be sitting by the way. Cardiac arrhythmias will all be better at this. >> Correct. >> I am not talking to you about romantic heart disease or hypertension at all at all. Not at all. And the disease will all be cool busy over there. These are all lifestyle diseases. >> Mentally. >> Okay. >> It uh I mean can all rise go to say that you will be gentle and tell me to talk to urbanization rapid urbanization and all the lifestyle will all be the same way you get to say. >> Correct. >> I mean salt intake busy, fat intake busy, fast food busy cover high. >> Cool. >> Plus with the sedentary habits look at the physical activity and all that >> [music] >> stress level could be seen. Atmospheric pollution is there. >> Absolutely. >> things are there. >> Absolutely. >> [music] >> Correct. I'm sure you've seen a lot of changes in society, in the environmental [music] factors, and the disease, uh, you know, scape. Uh, so, uh, you know, uh, these days, I'm not only body detecting coronary A lot of young people um succumbing to heart attacks, heart diseases. So, uh, I'm not going to tell you what are the early [music] signs of a heart attack. How can, you know, we figure it out earlier and seek help? >> [music] >> Okay. So, you know, I guess So, you know, a patient to have So, that's your genetic background body temperature blood pressure is high, okay. Thy cholesterol is high, okay. But it's all but I taking all together. So, heart attack heart chance to only be seen. The precaution that you have to take I can take it out. Give a lesson. It is all about your lifestyle change. Number one is blood pressure is really high, blood pressure control could have it. Blood pressure timely to have it. At least lipid profile which is which is your body temperature to have it. Okay. Do you know to have to have it. Blood temperature to have it. Regular physical activity to have it. Green vegetables to have it. Fast food once in a month to have it. But it's all but >> [music] >> to have it. Correct. Smoking is one >> to you what are the lifestyle changes or modifications that you suggest for them. >> We are saying [music] that but the public is not listening. >> I know. from the house to the >> [music] >> school and the teachers >> I know. >> when they are passing >> [music] >> Right. >> and the games activity college and the school activity almost next >> mobile phone >> Help. >> till the government encouragement [music] for games by school level or college But >> Yes. >> we are going to keep on saying that. >> Yes, sir. >> disease free disease >> Absolutely. >> [music] >> Yes, sir. I don't >> In western countries there is not so. >> Correct. >> And this precaution has to be right from the >> [music] >> I don't so we have to make it a part of our culture of you know almost get it in the DNA. >> I know. >> to have a healthy lifestyle. There is no other way. >> Right. Right. They are not eating enough. >> I know that is a We to start right, you know, at the schools, you know, from the very childhood. All right, sir. Point noted. Thank you so much, sir. I'm sure, you know, they must have taken away very, you know, valuable points [music] here. And I think that my main takeaway is that, you know, childhood, you know, you start right from there. Now, there's no age. Yeah. >> Thank you. [music] >> Correct. Correct, sir. Thank you so much, sir. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> [music] [music] >> I'm good. Thank you. >> Thank you for being with us over here. So, uh quite a questions to look at them after that to jump to the especially in the scenario of increasing health diseases, especially young age. So, heart [music] health especially because heart problems with you. >> Very good question. ideal Anyone above the age of 20 should have their once, at least, blood pressure check, cholesterol, blood sugar, uh body weight, BMI should be checked at least once after the age of 20. That you know, it is jolly at the age of 20 years first. At the age of 30 years, at least once that their family history actually does smoke colon that their sugar actually that their cholesterol high actually they should get themselves checked at least once for heart disease by their physician or cardiologist at least once a year. >> Once a year. >> About the age of 40 >> 40? >> 40 plus. >> Mhm. >> Everyone should have annual health checkups which should be mandatory for these people because the risk of heart disease increases with age. But particularly high for people who run a high family history among our family that sudden cardiac death which is heart attack, stroke which is that they can treat that other basic care now to take more health checks. colon colon AG heart disease ticket immune colon >> Correct. Correct. What they are not they can see you. Correct. Uh Moving on from here I mean I don't know what to say but you can you know as a patient that that can protect them. So among your patients key to learn misconception by myth that they can heart disease killing because there is an too much information everywhere so it has to be at least to go with it. >> The information is good and information is bad. Now if you can get the filter of the good information it actually helps you. Uh ask your social media journal I'm not believing the era of social media. >> Mhm. >> Instagram, YouTube, Facebook everywhere there are coaches, everywhere there are influencers. But I'm not sure that what they have with that they have got to get advice to never appropriate. Whether he is authorized or whether he is educated in that field or not. >> Correct. [music] >> I can mix commonly they can I mean shouldn't they buy patient that they can they actually say I'm not the body fit that they have in the day to handsome Muslim cream. I'm a heart heart of the heart that they burn out. >> Riches of big myth. Body filter key choice can only be found out by doing appropriate [music] test, not by looking at the appearance. Number one. Number two patient. Of course that could be. Number three, I am a I am a marathon doer. Heart disease hotel. Of course hotel unless you go and get test. >> Correct. What do I mean by date? So so many sports people, so many very fit people succumbing to heart diseases. [music] Right. And uh What do I like to know among stuff? High cholesterol. [music] High blood sugar. Obesity. A to thing don't know genius at you. >> [music] >> How do they damage heart health over a period of time? >> Very good question. All these three are silent killers because obesity is the root cause of all problems, not only cardiac. >> [music] >> So obesity is a major pandemic in today's world. It'll be dangerous actually. So obesity causes inflammation. Obesity causes sugar, high sugar, cholesterol deposition. You know shop heart disease, kidney disease, brain disease called. Second is diabetes. Diabetes causes damage to the blood vessels by forming some abnormal organic compounds which I'm not going into detail. Into that is sugar at the long term complication of heart, brain, joke, kidney and all of it. Only way to prevent this is to control your sugar, keep a ideal [music] body. And the last is cholesterol. Cholesterol is so high up to that day. And how would you because cholesterol is one of the major risk factors in causing heart disease, brain stroke, etc. So cholesterol and number one of the day to check what to do and what to do okay. Come here at the follow because >> Absolutely. >> So, that is how cholesterol, sugar, obesity causes heart attacks. >> That is why even more important that, you know, like you said that from, you know, the age of 20 years, you better [music] start taking care of your >> of your heart. >> All right. Thank you so much, Dr. Rath, for being here and sharing this information with our audiences. Thank you. Thank you and hope this helps. >> [music]