people with heart disease by 400% in 10 years
Dr. Muhammad Kurdi, a consultant cardiologist and catheter, expects heart disease to rise over the next 10 years in the Gulf countries, especially the Kingdom, to 400 percent. As a result of nutritional behavior and the increase in smoking rate to nearly 37% among young people in these countries, indicating that heart disease and atherosclerosis start from fifty and rise when old age.
Dr. Al-Kurdi added that studies and research indicate an increase in heart disease among young people as a result of fast food and large food intake from restaurants, revealing that approximately ten thousand catheterization operations are performed in the Kingdom annually.
Dr. Al-Kurdi indicated that men are more likely than women to have heart diseases, but women have a higher death rate than men because of their delay in early detection and examination of heart diseases at a later age, explaining that the catheter does not return to the patient unless he neglects treatment and is not Discipline in eating, and if the person does not adhere to after the first operation, then of course it will return .. But due to the development of medicine, such operations have become very easy and devices have become available in many hospitals and qualified cadres are available .. But the matter needs awareness of people so that there is an examination annual.
He added that high cholesterol, diabetes and diabetes in the Kingdom and determination on occasions are among the things that have caused the emergence of many diseases in the Kingdom, as those between the ages of 40 and 50 suffer many diseases, in addition to the lifestyle that people lead.
He said: The citizen in the Kingdom suffers from a lack of walking and sports due to the lack of pedestrian paths in the neighborhoods and the streets are unorganized and prepared, and the absence of parks and parks in which a person practices sports, as is the case in European countries where the standards for practicing sports in jogging and cycling are available. In neighborhoods so that people can practice their sports and recreational activities, calling on the Ministry of Education to introduce a subject for public health in schools because we need general education for children.
