As heart diseases take centre-stage in the State’s health problems, preventive measures is what the new treatment methodology mostly talks about. The disease had perhaps been among the top in the list of diseases that have seen major changes in treatment modalities as well. An entirely new generation of protocols have come about in looking at heart diseases. And preventive cardiology takes the top slot. Various studies world wide have shown that 80 per cent of cardiac diseases are preventable, but the world is reeling under heart diseases taking it to the top of the causes of mortality worldwide, said cardiologist Dr. George Thayyil. He wants people to know their heart and its functions so that they do not burden it anymore by keeping the modifiable risk factors at bay. He talks about these concerns and more in Hruthrogachikitsa – Puthiya Kandethalukalelude (Treatment of heart disease through newer findings), latest fare among five books he has penned so far.
All treatments after one gets a heart disease is a kind of patchwork for the body if one does not do anything about the risk factors, said Dr. Thayyil. Hence, prevention is the best way to get around heart diseases. The cost of a family goes up by 40 per cent if there is a member with heart disease and if the person affected is the breadwinner of the family, the concern of keeping the same pace at work will cause further problems. The general public needs to know that it is a preventable disease, so these books, he said.
– Staff Reporter
