JAKARTA, AYOPURWAKARTA.COM – The Covid-19 virus is not the only disease facing Indonesia. There are still other infectious diseases such as dengue hemorrhagic fever, rabies, malaria, which also need serious handling.
Meanwhile, non-communicable diseases such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and tuberculosis are still the deadliest diseases in Indonesia. In the Ministry of Health’s report, cases of death due to Covid-19 recorded comorbidities such as hypertension, diabetes and heart disease.
This means that non-communicable diseases are not trivial matters. Handling and controlling these non-communicable diseases also requires specialist doctors.
Vito Anggraino Damay from the Junior Doctor Network who is a specialist in heart and blood vessels, shared his knowledge about the dangers of this non-communicable disease. He said diseases such as the risk of the heart, blood vessels, and others usually start from people who still smoke.
“Because lung disease is not just Covid-19. People who still smoke, people who are still lying down, people who are still happy outside the house but they don’t do anything, it’s better for us to arrange them so that they have a healthier life, “he said in a discussion on the FMB9ID_IKP account, Monday (9 / 10/2020).
Apart from bad living habits, Vito assessed that during the current pandemic, many people were forced to change their lifestyle. For example, by doing activities with a long duration through virtual.
“From the corner of the eye, for example, you can get tired. When the stress has to be a virtual meeting until the night, finally staying up late. Sleeping hours are not clear, blood pressure can rise, then he may have digestive diseases, “explained Vito.
He emphasized that the public should not only pay attention to the Covid-19 health protocol. But also pay attention to other diseases.
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