subject: The Cardio Vascular Diseases Are Silent Killers [print this page] A study report from the World Health Organization says that about 17 million people die from cardiovascular diseases globally every year. Among them heart attack and stroke patients dominate. It has also been estimated that within 2025, 1.56 billion people will suffer from hypertension and high blood pressure worldwide. There is an alarming fact that, very soon, one in four persons will suffer from hypertension.
Hypertension is a common but serious medical ailment. Many dangerous health problems like coronary heart disease, stroke, and heart and kidney failure are its outcomes. The pressure in our blood stream fluctuates very often. This pressure is applied on the heart which receives polluted blood from the body and supplies the Oxygenated blood to the body cells. When the pressure of blood remains elevated for a long time continuously, it is called high blood pressure or hypertension. An apparently healthy person may have arrhythmia when the heart beats with abnormal rhythm. Even an ECG may not pick it up. The devices available with the doctors to manage hypertension cannot show right reading of the blood pressure and no symptom of arrhythmia is detected.
The obesity is a major contributor to the cardio vascular disease. It is no more a western problem or a problem of the developed nations. The eastern nations or the developing nations, too, are facing this problem more and more. It has shifted to middle and low income groups of people from higher class of the society. The researchers have found that average body mass is being increased rapidly in many countries. Among them the U.S.A. is leading the rally with the high average BMI (body mass index) of 28 for men and women.
From 1990 onwards, the World Health Organization has been providing statistics on health. There are statistics of the industrialized nations like Canada, UK, USA, Japan, Australia etc. and of the socialist nations like India, China and other Asian countries. In this statistics we see that cardio vascular diseases are prevalent in three forms in the whole world-coronary heart disease, stroke and diabetes.
The coronary artery disease associates the symptom of chest pain due to blockage of blood flow in the arteries. The high intake of cholesterol and other fatty substances leads to the deposition of plagues inside the arteries resulting to the narrowing of the blood circulation path. The smooth flow of blood is hampered. The stroke is another outcome of cardio vascular problems. It is the result of a stressful lifestyle. Again, cardiovascular disease is also manifested by diabetes in the established market economies. In all the cases the fatality is lower in sub-Saharan Africa than other parts of the world.
The medical tourism in Singapore has flourished very much. The treatment of cardio vascular disease in Singapore has developed many times more. Dr Lim Ing Haan of Singapore has a specialized clinic for heart at Singapores famous hospital, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre. It is serving the whole world with a very refined efficiency. The medical technology has achieved a new height there.
