Preventing Heart Attack

HRIDAY SANJIVANI

is an organization that believes in practicing preventive cardiology which aims at 'PREVENTING HEART ATTACK'.

Tips to Prevent Heart Disease And Stroke

• Take responsibility for your health.
• Don’t smoke or expose yourself to second-hand smoke
• Maintain a healthy blood pressure.
• Monitor your cholesterol (blood lipids).
• Make exercise a daily habit.

Why should one know about Heart Disease and Methods to detect it, when He/She is Healthy?

For 50% of them Heart Attack would be the first symptom of the disease. 50% of those having heart attack, die during the first attack.

Just a mere utterance of the world "heart attack" is enough to send shivers down one's spine. No one wishes to undergo the physical, emotional and financial trauma that accompanies a heart attack.

Assess yourself to find out if you have risk factors that could lead to coronary artery disease :

Are you above 30 years of age?

• Do you drink and smoke excessively?
• Do you eat non-vegetarian food?
• Do you have high blood pressure and diabetes?
• Do you have a family history of heart disease?