 Early Times Report
VIJAYPUR, Dec 29: Continuing his campaign to aware the people about the ill effects of Cardiovascular disease Dr Sushil Sharma today conducted a day long camp in association with Border Welfare Organization (J&K) at Baba Sidh Goriya Nath Mandir , Swankha, Teh Ramgarh District Samba. More than 200 people were screened and diagnosed for various health ailments. Free Blood Sugar, ECG and Lipid profile were also conducted. Highlighting strong association between environmental temperature and blood pressure, Dr Sushil Sharma appealed the common populace to be cautious during rapid dip in mercury level in different regions of J&K. He informed that various studies both at international and national level sufficiently demonstrates the seasonal influence on arterial blood pressure through single or repeated measurements among adults, the elderly, and children as well as healthy and hypertensive subjects. In all of these studies, both systolic and diastolic mean blood pressures show a seasonal peak during winter. This variation is likely to affect the incidence of hypertension in different seasons because of the fact that increase in blood pressure in winter will shift the proportion of the subjects from normotensive to the hypertensive category. This variation linked with multiple risk factors, such as temperature, physical activity, air pollution, and ultraviolet radiation.
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