TRIBUNJABAR.ID, BANDUNG – Heart disease including coronary heart disease has become the main cause of death in Indonesia and the world. Quoted from UGM’s official website, in Indonesia, coronary heart disease occupies the first position as the disease that causes the most deaths.
Similarly, stroke, as a disease that has the third largest percentage as a cause of death.
This was stated by a neurologist at UGM, dr. Lucia Krisdinarti, Sp.PD, Sp.JP in an interactive dialogue “Early Detecting Stroke and Coronary Heart Disease, Saturday (12/1) at the Auditorium of the Faculty of Medicine UGM. The event, which was organized by Dharma Wanita Persatuan, Faculty of Medicine, UGM, was part of a series of events to celebrate the 62nd Anniversary of the Faculty of Medicine and the Anniversary of IIDI (Indonesian Wives Doctors Association).
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To reduce the risk of death from heart disease According to the coroner, according to Lucia Krisdinarti, the public can already know and detect the symptoms of a heart attack, which is characterized by chest pain for approximately 30 minutes while resting.
“If you have chest pain for 30 minutes, it could be that you suffer from it heart disease coroner,” he said.
The symptoms are reinforced by a feeling of pressure, a feeling of pain in the left arm and back accompanied by cold sweat, nausea and vomiting due to obstruction of blood flow in the coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle.
The patient should be immediately taken to the hospital for immediate treatment,” he said.
Krisdinarti admitted, so far the community has been less responsive and considers the symptoms of a heart attack as a cause of minor illness, such as: have a cold.
Lack of responsiveness and slow handling is what causes the number of deaths to increase.
In addition to knowledge about coronary heart disease, the seminar which was attended by more than 200 participants, who were mostly elderly, also discussed the symptoms of stroke.
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Described by dr. Ismail Setyopranoto, Sp.S, people still think that stroke is a disease of the elderly.
According to him, this assumption is not true and needs to be corrected.
“In America, this disease mostly affects people aged 30-44 years. In fact, the number is very high, around 15000 per year. Although in Indonesia the number of sufferers is never clear. However, experts agree that in Indonesia, stroke sufferers are getting younger, “?? he said.
Ismail said, stroke is caused by reduced blood flow and oxygen to the brain due to blockage, constriction or rupture of blood vessels.
Symptoms of a stroke are characterized by sudden and sudden attacks, such as sudden memory loss, sudden dizziness, sudden loss of vision and sudden difficulty swallowing, changes in personality, mood and emotions, sudden changes in consciousness until suddenly suddenly spoke sluggishly and mouth perot.
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