More than half of all cases of the most frequent type of heart rhythm disturbance could be avoided by living clean like avoid smoking and eating a healthy diet. Atrial fibrillation which is the leading cause of stroke affects millions of people worldwide. In this problem the upper chambers of the heart are out of rhythm.
The heart beat much faster than normal, which allows blood to pool and create tiny blood clots which can trigger a stroke. The US experts team states that if people maintain a healthy weight, normal blood pressure and refrain from smoking then fifty-seven percent cases of AF could be avoided.
Hitherto many people are unacquainted that they have this heart condition because frequently it causes very few symptoms. The problem of AF can be treated with drugs to slow down the irregular heartbeat an blood-thinning drugs to diminish stroke risk. However the latest study shown how much ailment could be avoided by simple lifestyle procedures.
In long term study only five percent of the people had a lifestyle that would be believed healthy enough to slash their risk of AF. Over a period of seventeen years, fifteen hundred episodes of AF were noted among the participants. Among those episodes fifty-seven percent were associated with clear risk aspects like high blood pressure, diabetes or smoking.
The findings suggest nearly nine hundred of the events might have been avoided by clean living. According to study leader Dr Alvaro Alonso from the University Of Minnesota School Of Public Health, they now know that a significant fraction of all cases of atrial fibrillation can be avoided.
Idyllically, if people were able to maintain a normal blood pressure, healthy body weight and avert smoke, it diminishes their risk of cardiovascular disease. It would also considerably impact the risk of developing AF in later life, reported the study published in Circulation journal.
This study illustrates not only can you identify people with AF and treat them to diminish their risk of stroke, AF can also be prevented in the first place with simple messages about lifestyle changes. The intricacy was helping people to make healthy choices when their environment and society often encouraged unhealthy options, explained Dr Mike Knapton from BHF.