Strokes and heart attacks on the rise among Indians

As more and more cases of unexpected heart attacks and even strokes come to light among the healthy young and middleaged Indians a new survey revealed on Friday that both unvaccinated and vaccinated people have been impacted by this new health emergencyAbout 51 per cent citizens said they have one or more individuals in their close network who have experienced heart or brain stroke blood clots neurological complications cancer acceleration or other sudden medical conditions in the last two yearsAccording to the survey by LocalCircles a social community platform 62 per cent citizens said those in their network developed such conditions were double vaccinated 11 per cent said that those impacted were singledose vaccinated while 8 per cent said they were not vaccinatedWhile 61 per cent said their contacts with severe medical conditions had Covid once or more 28 per cent said their contacts who experienced severe medical conditions never had Covid according to the survey involving 32000 citizens from 357 districtsResearchers estimate that over 200 million people worldwide may currently be having long Covid conditions where they are experiencing myocarditis pericarditis brain fog or memory issues sleep apnea fatigue joint pain and other health conditionsIn addition to these several cases have been reported in the media just in the last 3 months where healthy young and middleaged individuals both men and women have experienced a heart attack and diedIn several of these cases the individual was engaged in some physical activity like dance gym walking etc when they experienced the cardiac event This has led to worries and anxiety in the minds of many wanting to understand what is driving such sudden deaths according to the surveyStroke has been seen as a manifestation of Covid19 in various studies showing that 09 per cent to 23 per cent Covid19 patients developed stroke according to Bengaluruheadquartered Narayana HealthThough the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare came out with a National Comprehensive Guidelines for Management of PostCOVID Sequelae for doctors last year not much seems to have been done to inform citizens both vaccinated and unvaccinated who survived more than one bout of Covid or its variants on possible complications and the need to avoid Covid reinfectionsThe government guidelines at the onset stated that up to 20 per cent30 per cent of patients hospitalised with severe Covid have evidence of myocardial involvement manifested by elevated troponin levels venous thromboembolism heart failure and arrhythmiasThe survey found that more than half the respondents knew of at least one or more individuals who are suffering due to aftereffects of CovidThis is a high percentage which clearly indicates that prevalence of these severe conditions is very much a reality the findings showedLocalCircles said it will escalate these findings to key stakeholders in the governments so the same can be evaluated for further research and onground actionsAlso Read Face yoga experts share asanas to help you get a toned jawlineThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever