'Healthy lifestyle, regular medical surveillance best possible defence'
Tuesday, 9 June 2009
FE Report
Maintaining a healthy lifestyle and regular medical surveillance is the best possible defense against potential or recurring heart diseases, said a leading health expert in the city Monday.
"While fear is widespread among the patients regarding heart and lung related diseases and their treatments; the disease itself is to be dreaded, not the treatment," said Dr. Wong Poo Sing, who is a Senior Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon at Mount Elizabeth and Gleneagles Hospital in Singapore.
"Blockage of coronary arteries, which in the long run may result in severe paining in the chest and ultimately could cause a milled stroke, is a lengthy process which develops through cholesterol deposition in the heart's arteries over a period of 30 to 40 years," Dr. Sing said.
He was speaking at a seminar on "Heart Diseases and Neck and Back Pain" and their treatment modality in the city. ParkwayHealth, a leading chain hospital of Singapore operating in Dhaka organized the seminar.
"At the most extreme stages of such malady, coronary by-pass surgery may become necessary, However, avoiding smoking and limiting the portion of red meat and other oily or starchy items in the diet helps to mitigate the risk of such cholesterol deposition in the heart's arteries," he added.
"Once a patient develops such heart or lung related ailment, it is important to go through regular medical checkup to avoid any recurrence," Dr. Song cautioned.
Dr. Prem Pillay, who is a Senior Consultant Neuro-Spinal Surgeon, said in his presentation on neck and back pain, "Our modern lifestyle which offers little opportunity for physical movement is to be blamed for much of the causes for spinal pain".
Noting that all sorts of yoga or physical exercises may not be suitable for a single human body; Dr. Pillay suggested a comprehensive exercise regime and limited yoga exercises depending on individual physical need as a preventative measure for such spinal ailment.
ParkwayHealth Country Manager in Bangladesh Steven Mok and Marketing Manager Meno Liew also spoke in the seminar. Director of ParkwayHealth's Dhaka Liaison Office Zahid Khan was also present on the occasion.
Parkway Group Healthcare; which owns Mount Elizabeth, Gleneagles and East Shore Hospital in Singapore operates 15 hospitals around the Asian region including one in Bangladesh.
It also operates over 45 International Parents Assistance Centers (IPAC) across the globe and is planning to launch the Novena Hospital in Singapore in 2011.
Maintaining a healthy lifestyle and regular medical surveillance is the best possible defense against potential or recurring heart diseases, said a leading health expert in the city Monday.
"While fear is widespread among the patients regarding heart and lung related diseases and their treatments; the disease itself is to be dreaded, not the treatment," said Dr. Wong Poo Sing, who is a Senior Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon at Mount Elizabeth and Gleneagles Hospital in Singapore.
"Blockage of coronary arteries, which in the long run may result in severe paining in the chest and ultimately could cause a milled stroke, is a lengthy process which develops through cholesterol deposition in the heart's arteries over a period of 30 to 40 years," Dr. Sing said.
He was speaking at a seminar on "Heart Diseases and Neck and Back Pain" and their treatment modality in the city. ParkwayHealth, a leading chain hospital of Singapore operating in Dhaka organized the seminar.
"At the most extreme stages of such malady, coronary by-pass surgery may become necessary, However, avoiding smoking and limiting the portion of red meat and other oily or starchy items in the diet helps to mitigate the risk of such cholesterol deposition in the heart's arteries," he added.
"Once a patient develops such heart or lung related ailment, it is important to go through regular medical checkup to avoid any recurrence," Dr. Song cautioned.
Dr. Prem Pillay, who is a Senior Consultant Neuro-Spinal Surgeon, said in his presentation on neck and back pain, "Our modern lifestyle which offers little opportunity for physical movement is to be blamed for much of the causes for spinal pain".
Noting that all sorts of yoga or physical exercises may not be suitable for a single human body; Dr. Pillay suggested a comprehensive exercise regime and limited yoga exercises depending on individual physical need as a preventative measure for such spinal ailment.
ParkwayHealth Country Manager in Bangladesh Steven Mok and Marketing Manager Meno Liew also spoke in the seminar. Director of ParkwayHealth's Dhaka Liaison Office Zahid Khan was also present on the occasion.
Parkway Group Healthcare; which owns Mount Elizabeth, Gleneagles and East Shore Hospital in Singapore operates 15 hospitals around the Asian region including one in Bangladesh.
It also operates over 45 International Parents Assistance Centers (IPAC) across the globe and is planning to launch the Novena Hospital in Singapore in 2011.