World Heart Day: Heart patients more at risk of coronavirus

 

World Heart Day is being celebrated around the world to raise awareness and prevent various heart diseases that have killed countless people.

World Heart Day is aimed at educating people about the causes, symptoms, timely diagnosis, treatment and precautions of heart disease.

This year, the day has been linked to coronary heart disease and coronavirus, with experts saying that people with heart disease can be easy targets for coronavirus, so heart patients should be more careful than the general population. Required.

A major cause of heart disease is smoking, diabetes, high blood pressure, restlessness, sedentary lifestyle, obesity, overeating of fruits and vegetables and not exercising regularly.

According to the World Health Organization, one third of all deaths in Pakistan are due to arterial and heart diseases.

Medical experts say that many heart diseases can be prevented by following a light and simple diet and exercising for only half an hour a day.