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Expert proffers solution to reducing heart failure

By Tunji Omofoye, Osogbo
01 October 2015   |   1:25 am
A call has gone to Nigerians to abide by simple health tips to prevent rampant heart failure and sudden death in the society.

woman-heart-attackA call has gone to Nigerians to abide by simple health tips to prevent rampant heart failure and sudden death in the society.

The call came from the Nigerian Cardiac Society (NCS) who noted an increasing trend in heart failure due to a number of factors including lack of exercise and disrespect to consumption of traditional food.

The President of NSC, Dr. Amam C. Mbakwem, briefing reporters in
Ile-Ife, Osun state on the society’s 44th Annual General and Scientific Meeting, said excessive application of salt and other seasonings in menu constitute serious health risk capable of leading to heart failure.

She urged the authorities to come up with a legislation that would regulate the level of salt used by eateries while government should also create walkways to enable citizens exercise themselves easily.

She explained that change in lifestyle of people including abstinence from eating natural food has further compounded the occurrence of cardiac arrest leading to untimely death of many

‘’The theme of this year’s conference is Emerging Therapies in Heart Failure. This topic has been carefully chosen and is appropriate for the moment. Heart failure has emerged as one of the major cardiovascular diseases that are increasing both in incidence and prevalence.

‘’This is because as we improve our management of cardiovascular diseases both acquired and congenital, thereby prolonging the lives of the individuals with these conditions we have a greater pool of patients with corrected diseases that may end up in failure.

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