What Precautions Needs To Be Taken By Heartache Patient?

Posted on Fri, 5 Sep 2014

Question: what care /precautions need to be taken by heartache patients

Answered by Dr. Anantharamakrishnan (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Drug compliance / Cut risk factors / Follow up

Detailed Answer:
Dear friend,

FOLLOW UP WITH YOUR DOCTOR REGULARLY
     Take your drugs properly – generally antiplatelet drugs (aspirin & Clopidogrel) / Beta blockers (like Metoprolol) / ACEI or ARB (Angiotensin Receptor Blocker) / Statin - are routine
     Avoid Physical and Psychological strain
     Keep your weight to normal / even a little less
     Quit smoking, if you are a smoker
     Avoid alcohol
     Do regular EXERCISE – say walking or jogging - 30 minutes a day / at least 5 days in a week. Isometric exercise (like bull worker) is bad.
     Healthy FOOD is a must. Avoid saturated fats – coconut oil, palm oil, butter, ghee, full cream milk...Avoid junk foods in particular – French fries have palm oil / Pizza has cheese / XXXXXXX sweets are made in ghee.../ Change to Poly-un-saturated oil – like sun flower oil. / Include Mono-un-saturated oil – Olive oil.
FOLLOW UP WITH YOUR DOCTOR REGULARLY

Take care
Good luck

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Ashwin Bhandari