CAN DEPRESSION INCREASES THE RISK OF HEART ATTACK?

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Interventional Cardiologist Apollo Hospitals,
Indore
Dr. Sarita Rao is a Sr. Interventional
Cardiologist at Apollo Hospitals, Indore. She is
the first female Interventional Cardiologist in
Central India. She is Fellow of American College
of Cardiology(FACC) and Fellow of European
Society of Cardiology(FESC)
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CAN DEPRESSION INCREASES THE RISK OF HEART ATTACK?
Depression and heart attack are one of the most
disabling conditions we face in our daily life,
they are amongst the very widespread in general
population and generally occurs simultaneously in
the same individual, it is basically a two way
relationship between heart disease and
depression. There are many percentage people who
has no history of depression but become depressed
after heart attack auto developing any heart
failure, Hindi people with depression but no
previously diagnose heart disease tend to develop
heart disease at higher rate than the normal
people. When a person experience depression
anxiety and stress the heart rate and the blood
pressure rises there is reduced blood flow to the
heart and body produces high level of cortisol a
stress hormone , over the time these changes can
lead to the development of heart disease.
Depression is also a leading cause of problems
like heart failure, Stoke or CVA. Role of
depression in patients with Heart Attack Up to
30 of the people who have any cardiovascular
disease of the patients who have undergone
coronary artery bypass surgery tend to experience
major depression, there are many studies that
shows that the mental stress has negative effect
on persons heart health. To be precised here are
certain points that proves it in particular-
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• Unmanaged stress on depression can lead to high
  blood pressure arterial damage arrhythmias and
  weakness in immune system.
• For the people with heart diseases depression can
  increase the risk of cardiac events like heart
  attack or formation the blood clots, for the
  people who don't have any heart disease
  depression can lead to increase the risk of heart
  attack which can  play a major role in
  development of coronary artery disease along with
  heart attack.

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• In study it is proved that the continued presence
  of depression after any heart related problem can
  increase the risk of death.
• During the recovery from cardiac surgery for
  heart disease depression and lead to increase in
  pain and can washed the fatigue and sluggishness,
  people who undergone bypass surgery and untreated
  depression after the surgery have increased risk
  of morbidity and mortality.
• Depression can lead to anxiety and stress due to
  which there are many hormonal and pathological
  changes in the body, due to all this changes body
  reacts in different way which can lead to risk of
  heart diseases.

Some of the lifestyle changes that can help to
manage both depression and heart disease-

• Eat health food- balance diet can help you to
  make feel better and also improve health heart
  and helps to decrease the risk of heart disease
  and depression.
• Exercise regularly- exercise daily to keep
  yourself healthy as well as exercising is a great
  form of therapy to the people with depression and
  it also helps to strengthen the heart.

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• Maintain hygiene- along with depression there
  comes unhygienic behaviour which any to develop
  certain diseases along with the heart an
  unhygienic lifestyle can make the situation worse
  both for heart and for people with depression.
• Quit smoking- smoking is injurious to health many
  people with depression resort to smoking as a
  form of relaxation, but smoke in is the main risk
  factor for developing the heart disease, quit
  smoking now.

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• Limit alcohol intake- sexy saman take off alcohol
  lowers down the level of serotonin in the brain,
  heavy alcohol intake can make the situation worse
  for the people with depression, as well as
  alcohol increases high blood pressure risks which
  is a major factor for heart attack. 

Dr Sarita Rao is one of the Top cardiologists in
MP and has been providing Heart Disease treatment
in her clinic Hridayam Heart Care Center Indore
since last many years. If you are suffering from
heart disease then get immediate treatment with
best cardiac surgeon in Indore.
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