Excelsior Correspondent
Jammu, Nov 16: While spearheading the campaign to educate and aware masses about the importance of primary prevention of cardiac ailments by adopting heart compatible lifestyle, Head Department of Cardiology GMCH Jammu Dr Sushil Sharma held a day long cardiac awareness cum health check up camp in association with GIEO Gita Gyan Sansthanam (J&K) and Samaj Sewa Samiti , Jagti at Community Hall , Kashmiri township Nagrota in order to make people realize the increasing incidence of cardiac diseases and various primordial modalities to prevent them. The camp was inaugurated by Rahul Yadav along with Dr Sushil Sharma and prominent members of the Society.
While interacting with the people, Dr Sushil stated that diabetes mellitus has emerged as one of the greatest global health burdens of the 21st century, and beyond its effect on blood sugar, it silently damages blood vessels, nerves, and vital organs. Among all its complications, the most devastating and life-threatening is its impact on the heart. “Heart disease is the leading cause of death in people with diabetes, accounting for nearly three-fourths of diabetes-related mortality worldwide. The connection between diabetes and heart disease forms a complex interplay of metabolic, vascular, and inflammatory processes, creating a dangerous environment inside the body long before symptoms appear. As both conditions continue rising globally especially in developing nations the combined burden poses a growing medical and societal challenge,” Dr Sharma said.
He elaborated that diabetes increase the risk of heart attacks, strokes, heart failure, and peripheral artery disease by two to four times. “Persistent high blood sugar, also known as hyperglycemia, sets off a chain reaction of harmful processes: thickening of blood vessel walls, reduced elasticity, oxidative stress, and inflammation. In addition, people with diabetes often exhibit a characteristic lipid pattern-high triglycerides, low HDL, and small dense LDL particles that is highly atherogenic and accelerates the development of coronary artery disease. Over time, these metabolic disturbances contribute to diabetic cardiomyopathy, a condition unique to diabetes in which the heart muscle becomes thickened, stiff, and weak even in the absence of cholesterol blockages,” he said.
Dr Sharma laid emphasis on the fact that diabetes and heart disease form a dangerous alliance that poses one of the greatest threats to global health today.
Others who were part of this humane effort Include Dr Venkatesh Yellupu , Dr Bhola Kumar and Dr Aditya Sharma. Rajkumar, Ranjeet Singh, Gourav Sharma, Rajinder Singh, Vikas Kumar, Gokul Jamwal, Rahul Vaid, Shubham Sharma, Paramveer Singh, Anmol Singh, Makhan Sharma, Maninder Singh and Nirvair Singh Bali.
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