HEALTH
On the occasion of the 10th World Heart Day, we take a look at arrhythmia, a condition increasingly affecting young workers.
Twenty-eight-year-old Manoj Pandey (name changed on request), a software engineer in the city, had been facing a little difficulty keeping up his good work. He was taking too many sick leaves, he couldn’t concentrate at conferences or other important meets at work, and he constantly complained of dizziness.
After his health continuously deteriorated for a month, Pandey finally decided to visit a doctor. Obviously, going to the family physician was his first choice, though it did not help him much.
“Most of the patients who come to me are sent to me after either visiting their family doctors or pulmonologists,” says Dr AG Ravikishore, senior cardiologist and director of Cardiac Arrhythmic Services, Narayana Hrudalaya.
Pandey, too, was no exception. He was ping-ponged between various doctors, even psychiatrists, to be treated. It was only after a few months of anxiety and depression that Pandey visited an arrhythmia specialist. He was diagnosed with Atrial Fibrillation, a condition that causes irregular heart beat known as arrhythmia.
“Cardiac arrhythmia is responsible for almost 10 per cent of all cardiac problems and the most common problem is cardiac arrest or sudden death. Arrhythmia, if left untreated or unattended to can lead to many heart problems. The problem often occurs among those who are aged between 20 to 40,” says Dr Ravikishore.
“The most common symptoms of arrhythmia are palpitations, which is confused with nervousness, anxiety, stress, etc, in most cases, giddiness, feeling unconscious, etc.”
Cardiac arrhythmia is a term for any of a large and heterogeneous group of conditions in which there is abnormal electrical activity in the heart. The heartbeat may be too fast or too slow, and may be regular or irregular. Some arrhythmias are life-threatening medical emergencies that can result in cardiac arrest and death. Others cause symptoms such as an abnormal awareness of heart beat (palpitations), and may be merely annoying.
Dr Ravikishore adds that he sees about “15 to 20 patients with arrhythmia on a daily basis because I’m a specialist in the field. However, there are no statistics to prove whether the incidence of arrhythmia has risen or not”, he explains. “Though I feel that arrhythmia had always existed as much, the awareness of the same has increased substantially.”
There are very few arrhythmia specialists in the country. “Arrhythmia is a condition that people develop at birth and has little to do with the lifestyle we lead today and so on. However, the condition is not genetic, it only manifests in the body with age,” says Dr Ravikishore.
Though arrhythmia is hard to diagnose as there are very few specialists in the country, Dr Ravikishore advises, “The moment one starts feeling uncomfortable with the palpitations and giddiness, a visit to the doctor is a must. Early diagnosis can help in treating the condition better and reduce the chances of other heart problems in future. Also, once diagnosed, the medication for arrhythmia lasts a lifetime and there is no restriction on one’s diet or other lifestyle patterns; arrhythmia has no bearing on cholesterol.”
So, keeping with the theme Workplace Wellness in mind, go for a heart check up to the right doctor today as only you can help your heart. Also, people who notice symptoms like the ones mentioned above in others at their workplace should advice them to visit a doctor at the earliest.
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