Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 6: Highlig-hting the long-term problems caused by the incidence of Vascular diseases Dr. Sushil Sharma HoD Cardiology and his team today organised health check up cum awareness camp at Vishwakarma Mandir, Preet Nagar, Digiana Jammu. More than 300 patients were examined and free medicines were disturbed as per the requirements.
Vascular disease is a class of diseases of the blood vessels like arterial disease, venous disease, Disease of blood clots, aortic aneurysm and fibro muscular dysplasia. Some of the factors responsible for the occurrence of peripheral vascular disease are Hypertension, Diabetes, Obesity, Smoking, High Cholesterol, Family History, Increasing Age and High levels of homocysteine. Growth in ageing population is the primary factor responsible for the growth of peripheral vascular disease. Recent studies reveal that globally, around 20% of the population above 65 years is diagnosed with peripheral vascular disease every year. Changing lifestyles and rise in diabetes and smoking have resulted in the increased incidence of peripheral vascular diseases, thus propelling the global peripheral vascular disease burden,” Dr Sharma said.
“What is more threatening is interlocking of PAD with Cardi-ovascular events. Individuals with PAD have an exceptionally elevated risk for cardiovascular events and the majority will eventually die of a cardiac or cerebrovascular etiology. Large vessel PAD increases mortality from cardiovascular disease significantly,” Dr. Sushil observed.
During the camp, renowned vascular surgeon Dr Gurjit Singh and Dr. Arvind Kohli asserted that most alarming part of this morbidity involved its asymptomatic nature in majority of the cases.
At the conclusion of the day long camp Dr. Sushil briefed the gathering that the best way to prevent peripheral vascular disease is to reduce the risk factors. Other Vascular diseases like disease of the veins, Blood Clots, Aortic Aneurysm and Disease like dysplasia need both clinical and relevant radiological tests to diagnose, he added.
Others who were part of this event, included Dr Kewal Sharma, Dr Chakshu Mahajan, Dr Anitipal Singh, Dr Parvinder Kour. Paramedics and volunteers include Kamal Sharma , Kashmiri Lal, Vikas Kumar, Aman Gupta, Harvinder Singh , Rajinder Singh, Suresh Baigra, Ankush Kohli, Vikas Sabharwal, Amandeep Singh, Rajeev Vohra and Raj Kumar.
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