Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 26: Deliberating upon the important theme of health repercussions amongst populace living with diabetes and their attendant impact upon heart health Dr Sushil Sharma, HoD Cardiology, GMC Jammu today conducted a day long camp in the precincts of Shri Dwarka Nath Shastri Ashram, Sohanjana, a small hamlet in the Marh Block.
The camp was organised on the occasion of monthly congregation at the ashram in order to screen the largest sample of the area. Dr Sharma said 1 in 10 women across the world live with diabetes. “What is more distressing when one envisioned a relationship between cardiovascular disease and diabetes. People with diabetes are more likely to die from heart disease than those without diabetes. While many signs and symptoms for diabetes are common in men and women, women experience certain unique symptoms. The problem is especially intense for the women considering their access to education, care and treatment particularly form the rural areas. Such disabilities further push them to the state of further marginalisation,” he added.
While interacting with the attendants, Dr Sushil Sharma emphasised on the role of preventive strategies and regular screening to keep high blood sugar under control and stay away from complications of diabetes such as heart diseases, nephropathy, retinopathy, neuropathy, stroke and limb amputation.
Highlighting the disease mechanism, he underlined the conditions, which affect the pancreas responsible for the secretion of insulin. “Individuals with insulin resistance are diabetes in combination with other risk factors are at even greater risk of heart disease and stroke. By managing the risk factors patients with diabetes may avoid and delay the development of heart and blood vessel disease. Besides oral medication, injected or inhaled insulin is also devised to overcome morbidities associated with diabetes. It is important to control your blood glucose level, blood pressure, cholesterol level to help reduce your risk of heart disease. Simple measure such as doing more physical activity, eating healthy balance diet, control your weight and cessation of smoking would go a long way in keeping diabetes and its attendant morbidities at bay,” he said.
More than 300 patients were screened, evaluated and advised during the camp. Free medicines were also provided as per the requirement.
Others, who were part of this outreach activity included Dr. Dhaneshwar Kapoor, Dr. Anitipal Singh and Dr. Kewal Sharma. Paramedics and volunteers included Kashmiri Lal, Raghav Rajput, Harvinder Singh, Gourav Gupta, Rajinder Singh, Vikas Sabharwal, Ankush Kohli, Manoj Sharma, Rajeev Vohra, Jatinder Shastri, Raj Kumar, Rohit Khajuria and Vikas Kumar.
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