Heart has been affected due to corona.
Heart Attack After Corona: After the corona virus epidemic, the number of heart attacks has increased significantly and the death toll due to it has increased up to 6 times.
The corona virus crisis is not over yet. corona virus cases (Coronavirus Cases) Once again started growing. At the same time, a report has come out, which is really scary. Actually, it has come to the fore in this report that after the corona epidemic, the number of heart attacks has increased significantly. even heart attack (Heart Attack) The number of deaths due to cancer has increased up to 6 times and in many ways heart attack deaths have surpassed cancer. So now the question is whether heart attacks have started coming more due to corona virus?
Apart from this, there is a question of people that why the cases of heart attack and death due to it are increasing continuously since Corona. So, on the basis of our conversation with the doctor, we tell you why this is happening and whether corona has really affected the heart.
What are the heart attack statistics?
According to the report of the Indian Express, it has been learned in an RTI that between January and June last year, in just 6 months, about 18 thousand deaths were caused by heart attack in Mumbai. According to the data obtained from RTI, in 2018 there were 8 thousand 601 deaths due to heart attack and then in 2019 there were 5 thousand 849. After this, the number of deaths due to heart attack also decreased in 2020 and there were 5 thousand 633 deaths in that year. But from 2021 they started increasing and in 2021 the number of people who lost their lives due to heart attack increased by more than 6 times. In the 6 months of January to June last year, 17 thousand 880 people lost their lives due to heart attack in Mumbai. This data has also left cancer behind.
Did Corona affect the heart?
We spoke to Dr KK Talwar, chairman of PSRI Heart Institute, Delhi, regarding the connection with corona and heart attack. He told that the heart has been affected due to corona, but it is not that due to corona, so many heart attack cases have increased. He told that due to this, the problems related to heart have increased in the patients and till now research is going on on this. Doctor Talwar said, ‘Of course due to corona, people have got corona problem and the function of heart has also been affected. One data also says that when MRI of the heart of people recovering from corona was done, it came out that it was revealed that the heart has been affected. Now some people have been cured in this but this is the issue.
He said, ‘In such a situation, it can be said that people have had heart problems after Korana, in which very few people have had problems like heart failure etc. More people are facing problems like increased blood pressure, pulse rate up and down, dizziness after corona.
Are heart attacks coming due to corona?
Now let’s talk whether heart attacks are coming only because of corona. On this, Dr. Talwar says that there have been heart related problems and in some cases there has been a complaint of heart attack due to more problems. But it is not that heart attacks are increasing due to corona itself. According to Dr Talwar, the second reason for heart attack is that many people already had heart related problems and they did not pay attention to them due to corona and did not even get the regular checkup done. Because of this their problem has increased and this problem has turned into problems like heart attack, heart failure.
What is the reason for corona to affect the heart?
Now let’s talk about how Corona affected the heart. On this Dr. Talwar says, ‘There are two reasons for this. One, Corona Angiotensin Converting Enzyme are present in the lungs and due to them pneumonia etc. In the same way, they also happen in the heart, so because of this, the heart is also involved in the corona, due to which the heart is affected. Apart from this, people are facing problems like heart attack due to over immunity.
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