B K Goyal, Author at Complete Wellbeing

Importance of cardiac massage

B K Goyal — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:30:45 +0000

Q: How important is cardiac massage for reviving a person who has suffered a heart attack?

A: Cardiac massage is an extremely important process for reviving a person who has just suffered a heart attack. If it is administered in the first 5-7 minutes it can help revive the patient and save his/her life. I know of several cases where the spouse was able to save the partner’s life with timely cardiac massage. Cardiac massage involves compressing or pumping the chest. The technique needs to be learnt before, so that it can be effectively administered. Cardiac massage should be popularised and compulsorily taught to a wider section of the population. If we look at statistics, 40 per cent of people who get heart attack die before they can reach the hospital.

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Inheriting heart disease

B K Goyal — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:30:30 +0000

Q: I want to know how much heredity applies to heart problems…..both my parents had heart complications….they both died of heart attacks. Both had different types of complications, though I dont remember it exactly. My father died in 1980….my mother in1986. My father was 70 yrs & my mother was 76 yrs when they died. I am now 62. I am having a few health complications, but not of the heart. I am just worried that even I will end up with the heart attack. Could you please give me some more information on it.

A: “Heredity does play a role in the causation of coronary heart disease. As both your parents had suffered heart attack, it is advisable you have a heart check up every year including Serum Lipids, Blood Sugar, Serum Homocysteine and Blood Pressure.”

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