Doctors at a Delhi hospital say that youngsters are facing mild cardiac attack symptoms early in their life due to bad lifestyle habits. Most of the time these symptoms go unnoticed leading to major problems.
"Increased dependence on the middle-aged people (both men and women) on smoking and binging on alcohol is responsible for premature heart problems. Sedentary lifestyle, poor eating habits and lack of physical activity is highly linked to obesity and thereby causing heart problems. Elderly people are more affected with heart attacks, but now a day's trend is changing and these ailments related to heart is on the rise among younger generation too" said Dr Naveen Bhamri, Head of the Department, Cardiology, Max Hospital.
Experts say that asymptomatic heart attacks are medically known as silent myocardial infarction (SMI) annually account for around 45-50 per cent of morbidities due to cardiac ailments and even premature deaths in India. The incidences among middle-aged people experiencing SMI are twice as likely to develop in males than females.
It has been estimated that one in every four death is attributed to ignorance of the mild symptoms and is one of the leading causes of mortality among both males and females (between 25-35 years).
Asymptomatic heart attacks usually show symptoms in the early 20's and 30's which becomes fatal around the age of 40 years, and hence timely intervention can help in such circumstances.
"Several studies have speculated that due to excessive stress and lifestyle changes, younger generation is more vulnerable to certain undetected cardiac problems that often end up in sudden cardiac events," said Dr Sanjeev Aggarwal, Head of Department, Centre for Cardiac Sciences, Saroj Super Speciality Hospital.
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Experts say that asymptomatic heart attacks annually account for around 45-50% of morbidities due to cardiac ailments and even premature deaths in India. The incidences among middle-aged people experiencing SMI are twice as likely to develop in males than females.
