Today is the second day of Diwali. People across the country, including Delhi, are celebrating the festival of lights, however, air quality issues are also emerging as the overall air quality index (AQI) in the national capital touched 266 on Saturday evening.
According to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR), the AQI index in the overall Delhi region stood at 266 in the ‘poor’ category, 327 in the ‘very poor’ category in the Delhi University region at ‘poor’. The quality in Mathura Road at 293 and Gurugram at 156 in the ‘moderate’ category on Saturday evening.
As Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) continue to breathe toxic air, Dr Ashok Seth, President, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute said, “Although pollution has been linked to lung problems only as asthma worsens, people We often overlook the proven fact that air pollution increases heart damage and we should not ignore it.”
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“In fact, as we are seeing an increase in heart disease among young people over the past few years, I believe it is due to the air pollution that has increased over the past 20 years as well as in their lifestyle. It has gotten even worse. For the last 20 years, it has been recognized by all official scientific bodies of cardiology,” Dr. Seth said.
Dr Seth explained how air pollution causes inflammation in the arteries of the heart and damages the heart.
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“When we look at 2.5 particulate matter, it is known that pollution not only contains substances that are also very harmful and move from the lungs to the blood vessels, but also gaseous metrics, such as carbon Monoxides such as nitrogen such as sulfur dioxide, nitrous oxide, all of which are known to be harmful substances. They cause inflammation in the arteries of the heart. When this particulate matter travels into the bloodstream to the lungs, it causes inflammation in the arteries of the heart. Causes and causes an increase in blood clots. Blood. And all these two important factors lead to heart attack and damage to the inner lining of the arteries of the heart which causes cholesterol and coronary artery disease conditions Is.”
Dr. Seth added, “These pollutants get re-introduced into the blood, causing disturbances in the heart rhythm and affecting the heart rate. Sometimes, it causes sudden death.”
“We are going to see the worst environment in the coming days due to the festive season, I think it is time to realize that this has to be taken care of. On the occasion of Diwali, there will be crackers and as of now, we are going to burn the stubble. There are no solutions or guidelines or policies for this. All of these will lead to lung diseases and heart attacks or heart-related illness,” cautions Dr Ashok.
(with inputs from ANI)
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