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24/06/22 07:50 AM IST

Six-fold rise in heart attacks in Mumbai in the first half of 2021

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  • India’s financial capital Mumbai witnessed a six-fold rise in deaths related to heart attack in the first six month of 2021 when the city was under the grip of the second wave of Covid-19.
Reasons for Spike in cases 
  • Post-Covid development of thrombosis: SARS-Cov-2 damages the heart and blood vessels in infected patients which leads to the development of clots, heart inflammation, arrhythmias, and heart failure
  • Thrombosis occurs when blood clots block veins or arteries
  • Covid-19 can also cause microvascular damages, which may have also contributed to heart ailments
  • Additional distress was noticed in during the pandemic: Anxiety and stress levels further added to the heart ailments.
  • Delay in diagnosis of heart-related ailment amid the second wave: During the second wave, many patients avoided hospitals due to fear of contracting Covid-19, which further delayed life-saving treatment.
  • Reperfusion therapies like Thrombolytic therapy (that dissolves clots) and timely interventions like angioplasty (the procedure used to widen blocked or narrowed coronary arteries) were delayed
  • Better recording of heart-attack cases: since the start of the pandemic, medical practitioners are more conscious of segregation and bifurcation of types of deaths as well as maintaining better data related to heart attacks.
  • Major lifestyle changes: Life has become more sedentary with fewer options for socialisation and physical activities
  • Doctors have witnessed an increase in the prevalence of diabetes, hypertension, smoking, alcohol use and an unhealthy lifestyle in the last two years.
  • Indians have a genetic predisposition, smaller coronary arteries, a diet pattern with excessive consumption of trans fats and a sedentary lifestyle that puts them in a high-risk category for heart attacks
Source- Indian Express 

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