“Doctor, I run regularly. How can I possibly have a heart attack?”
I hear this question surprisingly often.
▶️Recent reports of a runner collapsing during a half-marathon have once again raised an important question:
Does regular running protect you completely from a heart attack?
The answer is NO.
▶️I will share another recent incident.
🔸A 53-year-old runner, who was otherwise active (he engaged in regular walking and occasional strength training).
🔸He participated in the recently concluded Hyderabad Marathon. He completed 21 Km run in about 3 hours 15 minutes (it was his maiden half marathon).
🔸He felt fine for two days. On the third day (post HM), he complained of heaviness of chest. He consulted a cardiologist- Echocardiogram was normal. ECG showed abnormalities, but as per the runner, previous ECG too had shown the same. However, Troponin level came as high. He was taken for coronary angiogram, which revealed a block in a heart artery, for which stenting/angioplasty was done.
🔸The result was good in this case, but he was lucky to not have suffered a heart attack during the half marathon.
▶️Running is one of the best things you can do for your heart.
Regular physical activity lowers cardiovascular risk, helps control BP, blood sugar, weight and cholesterol, and improves cardiorespiratory fitness.
▶️But fitness does not provide immunity from heart attacks.
A physically active person can still have:
🔸High LDL/ApoB
🔸Hypertension
🔸Diabetes/prediabetes
🔸Smoking exposure
🔸Excess visceral fat
🔸Strong family history of premature heart disease
🔸Elevated lipoprotein(a)
And some of these risks can remain silent for years.
▶️So, if you run, cycle, swim or go to the gym regularly, please continue. Don't stop exercising because of fear.
▶️But don't assume that being fit means you don't need to know your cardiovascular risk.
▶️Know your: BP, LDL/ApoB, HbA1c/glucose, waist circumference, smoking status and family history
▶️And if you develop chest pressure/pain, unusual breathlessness, unexplained sweating, dizziness or fainting, especially during exercise, stop exercising and seek urgent medical attention.
Exercise is powerful medicine. But it is not a substitute for knowing and controlling your cardiovascular risk factors.
Do you think regular exercisers sometimes become too confident about their heart health?
Dr Sudhir Kumar @hyderabaddoctor
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"No matter how critical the condition of a wounded soldier is... bring him to me, I will not let him die."
This was not a filmy dialogue.
This was the unshakable confidence of Col (Dr.) Rajesh Adhau, AMC, who was serving with 13 Jammu & Kashmir Rifles during the Kargil War.
In the Kargil War, "critical" did not just mean injured.
It meant a soldier who had suffered multiple gunshot wounds, lost a huge amount of blood, had severely damaged limbs, had shrapnel in his body, was struggling to breathe, and had very little chance of survival.
But giving up on the battlefield is not part of the Indian Army's tradition.
And the same spirit was shown by the doctors of the Army as well.
Amid enemy shelling, with limited resources, in freezing cold, at high altitude, and with danger to life at every moment, Col (Dr.) Rajesh Adhau and his medical team raced against time for every single wounded soldier. 🏥❄️
It is said that he successfully treated *93 critically injured soldiers
This was not just a number.
It was the hope of 93 families, the prayers of 93 mothers, the fathers of 93 children, and the lives of 93 soldiers.
Wars are not won only by soldiers who carry guns...
They are also won by doctors who fight death in the operation theatre so that their comrades can breathe again.
Doctors of the Army Medical Corps (AMC) are just as much warriors as the soldiers fighting on the front lines.
The only difference is - one holds a rifle, the other holds instruments that save lives.
Such brave military doctors also deserve the same respect, because they write life amidst bullets.
Salute to Col (Dr.) Rajesh Adhau and the medical team of the Indian Army.
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