Doctors and specialists warned of the indiscriminate practice of sport, especially for people suffering from diabetes, stress, high cholesterol or smokers, stressing that random sport could threaten their lives. The Dubai Health Authority confirmed cases of heart attacks during exercise. That they have risk factors and previous symptoms ignored.
Dr. Fahad Babilib, Consultant Cardiac and Catheter Consultant at Emirates Hospital, said: "The hospital receives patients who have had strokes during exercise." All of them have proven to have causes of stroke and risk factors, Such as diabetes and stress, as well as high blood cholesterol and smoking, as well as age and family history of the patient.
He pointed out that some patients have partial blockages in the arteries. In the event of random exercise with high cholesterol or a chronic disease, it is difficult to supply the heart with the necessary quantities of blood, and then exposed The patient's clots lead him to the emergency department.
He pointed out that these patients who develop strokes during the exercise usually have previous symptoms, warning them to approach strokes, and ignore them and not follow the necessary medical procedures in a timely manner puts them at risk.
Dr. Saif Darwish, a specialist in community medicine, said that every person should undergo comprehensive periodic medical examinations to ensure his health and ability to exercise without risk or life-threatening health complications, noting that physical activity and the nature of the climate affect. Human ability to exercise.
He warned people with risk factors from the use of stimulants or hormones, as they affect the heart muscle, and cause clots, stressing the need to eat healthy foods.
The cardiologist at the Emirates Specialist Hospital, Dr. Mona Mohamed, called for the necessity of examining the heart effort before exercising, especially for those suffering from diseases such as stress and diabetes, in order to determine the most appropriate sports activity, so as not to cause any health complications on them.
She pointed out that the unhealthy lifestyle, in addition to persistent chronic diseases, and ignoring the symptoms of the disease, behind the exposure of people to have heart attacks during exercise, or exposure to physical effort than the capacity of the heart endurance, stressing the need to follow sports programs under the supervision of a specialist, to avoid strokes Heart attack or sudden death.
Local newspapers recently published an Arabic version of a sudden cardiac arrest during a sports exercise at Al Khawaneej Park in Dubai. The heart resuscitation process lasted about 75 minutes through the Dubai ambulance team and a medical team at Prime Hospital.
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