Jakarta –
Heart disease can attack anyone regardless of age and gender. What makes this disease increasingly seen as a terrible scourge is that its appearance often occurs suddenly without any prior symptoms or signs, with a high fatality rate and risk of death.
One of them is a heart rhythm disorder called atrial fibrillation. A heart and blood vessel specialist and Professor of Arrhythmia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Dr Yoga Yuniadi, SpJP(K), explained that this heart disorder has the risk of triggering a stroke. Not only in elderly people, but also in people of productive age.
“Atrial fibrillation is a disease that is a big health problem because people who experience atrial fibrillation have five times the risk of stroke compared to people who do not experience atrial fibrillation,” he said when met at the ‘Indonesia Heart Walk 2023’ event on World Heart Day, Thursday ( 9/28/2023).
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“There are many people in Indonesia who experience atrial fibrillation and are of productive age. Therefore, if we detect atrial fibrillation early with the easy method of ‘Dancing’, it is hoped that people can immediately seek treatment and prevent stroke,” added Dr Yoga.
Getting to Know ‘Dancing’
At this event, people who attended were invited to do a pulse check to see whether or not there was a risk of atrial fibrillation. The method is by using the ‘Dancing’ method or feeling your own pulse.
“This (Dancing) is a simple but important effort. If people get used to when there is a pounding then they do ‘Dancing’, and feel that the pulse is irregular then they can immediately go to the doctor to get blood thinning medication to prevent stroke. It is very important,” said Dr. Yoga.
‘Dancing’ is done by placing three fingers on the wrist, then counting how many pulses you feel in 30 seconds. Then, the number of beats is multiplied by two to see the number of beats in a minute. Normally, in a ‘resting’ or resting state, the heart rate ranges from 50-90 beats a minute.
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2023-09-28 01:22:02
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