Excelsior Correspondent
VIJAYPUR, Dec 29: Continuing campaign to aware the people about the ill effects of Cardiovascular disease Dr Sushil Sharma HoD Cardiology GMC Jammu today conducted a day long camp in association with Border Welfare Organization (J&K) at Baba Sidh Goriya Nath Ji Mandir, Swankha in Samba.
More than 200 people were screened, evaluated and diagnosed for various health ailments. Free Blood sugar, ECG and Lipid profile were also done.
Highlighting strong association between environmental temperature and blood pressure, Dr. Sushil Sharma appealed to the common populace to be cautious during rapid dip in mercury level in different regions of J&K. He informed that various studies both at international and national level sufficiently demonstrated the seasonal influence on arterial blood pressure through single or repeated measurements among adults, the elderly, and children as well as healthy and hypertensive subjects.
“In all of these studies, both systolic and diastolic mean blood pressures show a seasonal peak during winter and trough in summer. This variation is likely to affect the incidence of hypertension in different seasons because of the fact that increase in blood pressure in winter will shift the proportion of the subjects from normotensive to the hypertensive category. This variation is linked with multiple risk factors, such as temperature, physical activity, air pollution, and ultraviolet radiation, Dr Sharma said.
Other potentially important seasonal risk factors such as seasonal variation in the serum level of cholesterol, noradrenalin, catecholamine, and vasopressin which tend to rise in the winter and variations in level of Vitamin D showed reverse relationship. “The aforesaid state of concern can be summed up as “blood pressure, triglyceride levels, cholesterol levels tend to fluctuate with the seasons, raising the risk for cardiovascular diseases during winters”, he emphasized.
He also described the mechanism behind this rapid surge in blood pressure in winters during his interaction. He informed that cold temperature increase blood pressures by causing constriction of blood vessels, decrease sweating and increase salt load. “Lifestyle tends to change in winters. People become less physically active. Don’t exercise much as in summers with a possible contribution from hormones like noradrenalin which shows seasonal variation. While we can’t change the weather, we can take certain precautionary measures to manage our blood pressure in the winter. The evidence suggests that number of simple precautions to reduce the risk of hypertension in winters should be taken like adequate indoor heating, wearing protective clothes, especially for elderly patients. Attempts should also be made to ensure that our lifestyle, in relation to diet, regular exercise, should be as healthy in winters as they are in summer,” Dr Sharma said.
Others, who were part of this campaign, included Dr Nasir Ali Choudhary( Cardiologist), Dr Saqib Samim and Dr Syed Raheela. Paramedics and Volunteers included Raghav Rajput, Kamal Sharma, Mohd Altaf, Manit Kumar, Akshay Kumar, Amandeep Singh, Vikas Kumar, Sandeep Kohli, Lovely Kumar, Anmol Singh and Raj Kumar.
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