Manage health factors and add 15 years to life

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Manage Health Factors and Add 15 Years to Life
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Need to add healthy years to life

• An increase of 30 years in life expectancy within
  60 years of time has happened because of improve
  medical facilities. But its ones responsibility
  to enhance our life beyond 69.
• Old people struggling with their health is a
  common story in India. On top of that rising
  medical cost becomes a challenge for them.
• As people start aging above 40, due to their
  lifestyle and few habits they starts developing
  health issues that reduces our life span
  dramatically.
• If these factors are taken care of, along with
  regular medical test, not only we will add more
  years to our life we will also live with much
  less friction.

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Factors that reduces life span Smoking

• Its no brainer that smoking is a major reason of
  preventable death. But still for some it takes a
  heart attack or a lung cancer before they realize
  how damaging this small habit is
• We dont worry about smoking as we dont worry
  about having a coke. But unfortunately it has
  dramatic effects on our body. E.g. it cause
  thickening of blood which as result affects blood
  supply of heart, leading to a heart attack
• Apart from damaging lung and heart, smoking is
  also a reason of mouth, throat and stomach
  cancer. It also affects fertility in men, weakens
  the bone, damage skin

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Factors that reduces life span Overweight

• Overweight is a risk factor for health and risk
  factor for taking years away from our long life.
  Many things happen to our body when we are
  overweight
• Body mass index is a measure that tells us if we
  are obese or not.
• A healthy BMI ranges between 18-25 BMI is above
  25 we use term obesity. If it gets 40 or more,
  its a medical emergency. And for such patients
  Bariatric surgery is recommended.
• For persons with severe obesity (BMI 40), life
  expectancy is reduced by as much as 20 years in
  men and by about 5 years in women
• Overweight or Obesity is a major contributor in-
  
• 1. Diabetes
• 2. Blood Pressure
• 3. Heart diseases
• 4. Arthritis
• 5. Gallbladder diseases
• 5. Certain cancers and other chronic
  conditions

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Factors that reduces life span Lack of exercise

• Todays environment has dramatically changed,
  most of the jobs now require sitting in front of
  computers in comfortable offices with air
  conditioning where we end up spending most of our
  time sitting, with not enough activity outdoors
• For any body above 18, it is recommended to
  perform 45 minutes of moderately intense physical
  activities daily. A regular exercise can
  definitely add years to our life
• whenever we start exercising several things
  happen to us which are very healthy for our body.
  The very thought of exercising starts releasing
  hormones or chemicals into our blood which are
  very good for our health
• A moderate exercise includes
• 1. Walk. Using stairs instead of elevator
• 2. Outdoor games
• 3. Gym
• Lack of exercise can lead to loss of muscle mass,
  bone mass. Since muscles support our joint.
  Muscle loss can further lead to arthritis.
• Regular exercise can delay memory loss as one
  grow older.

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Factors that reduces life span Blood pressure

• Our normal body blood pressure is set at 120 mm
  of systolic and 80 mm of diastolic blood
  pressure. Anyone who has systolic blood pressure
  more than 120, or diastolic blood pressure more
  than 80, we call it as high blood pressure by
  definition.
• How body reacts to higher blood pressure?
• First thing, heart has to work harder with high
  blood pressure, so heart becomes thicker and
  bigger. While it is good for the body muscles, it
  is not good for a heart because heart has only
  very limited blood supply, so heart cannot afford
  to be thicker and bigger.
• Apart from stroke, heart attack or failure, high
  blood pressure starts affecting kidneys too and
  patient can start losing kidney function. It may
  also cause vision loss
• High blood pressure, is known as the silent
  killer. This means it does not have any symptoms
  and can go untreated for a long time, which can
  lead to many major health risks. If left
  untreated, a blood pressure of 180/120 or higher
  results in an 80 chance of death within one
  year, with an average survival rate of ten months

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Factors that reduces life span Blood sugar

• Our normal blood sugar is 100. This level is also
  known as fasting blood sugar level.
• Our blood sugar does not starts rising overnight.
  It happens very slowly. Once in a year, we must
  check our blood chemistry but, if we have a
  strong family history of diabetes then, we should
  check our blood sugar every six months somewhere
  around from age 30 and after
• Complications that can arise with high blood
  sugar
• 1. Cardiovascular disease
• 2. Nerve damage (neuropathy)
• 3. Kidney damage
• 4. Alzheimer's disease
• 5. Hearing impairment
• 6. Skin conditions (fungal infections)
• All these changes will keep happening and we will
  not even know about it unless late in the game,
  we start developing serious symptoms.

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Medical tests that are helpful

• HBA1C The HbA1c test, also known as glycated
  hemoglobin test, is an important blood test that
  gives a good indication of how well your diabetes
  is being controlled.
• 1.HbA1c below 42 mmol/mol (6.0) Non-diabetic.
  
• 2.HbA1c between 42 and 47 mmol/mol
  (6.06.4) Prediabetes
• 3.HbA1c of 48 mmol/mol (6.5) or over Type 2
  diabetes
• Heart tests Heart tests give you and your doctor
  more information about the condition of your
  heart and can help you find out which
  treatment(s) may be best for you
• 1. Echocardiogram (echo) tests
• 2. Electrocardiograph (ECG) tests
• BMI test It is a simple calculation using a
  person's height and weight.
• Other tests Tests like complete blood count
  (CBC) gives us full account of our blood.

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Author (Prof.) Dr S. Om Goel, MD/DM From family
of doctors from AIIMS, MAMC Delhi University MD
Medicine, USA DM/Fellowship, USA
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