Does Dancing After Eating Cause Heart Stroke? Doctor Explains – News18

A Delhi Police Commissioner suffered a sudden heart attack recently, while dancing at a retirement party and died before he could be taken to the hospital. Dancing is a healthy activity, so why did this happen? Professor Padmashree Dr Nitish Nayak of the Department of Cardiology at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi says some things that are associated with sudden heart attack or cardiac arrest. Dr Nayak says that people’s lifestyles are changing. Wrong eating habits and stress further increase the risk. Sometimes hard work, dancing or running creates a sudden pressure on the heart, which can lead to a sudden blood clot or blockage in the heart and increases the risk of sudden cardiac arrest.

Dr Nitish Nayak said that you must have seen many videos of people dying of heart attacks. while dancing at weddings and parties. When one eats something, the blood circulation that is blood flow is more focused on the stomach. This reduces the total blood pool in the body. This means that at that time the blood supply to the heart decreases a little. If you do a more strenuous activity like dancing or running in such a situation, the heart has to work extra hard to increase blood circulation and provide energy. Due to the sudden pressure on the heart, it fails.

Another reason for the risk of heart attack or cardiac arrest after eating is that insulin production increases to convert food into energy. More oxygen is required for this process. To provide more oxygen, blood pressure must be increased. High blood pressure puts more pressure on the heart. This damages the function of the endothelium, the inner wall of the arteries. As a result, the risk of blood clots in the arteries increases, and blood clots increase the risk of heart attack.

Sometimes sudden cardiac arrest occurs even in people who are unaware of their heart condition. Often people are unaware of their blood pressure, diabetes and heart problems. Sometimes they ignore some symptoms even if they see them, they have one or the other weakness, so a mountain of diseases falls on them and cases like sudden cardiac arrest come to the fore.

The doctor advises not only dancing but avoiding any heavy physical activity after eating. One should even avoid walking, exercising or doing any other strenuous work at least half an hour after eating.

People should get their blood pressure, diabetes and cholesterol, that is lipid profile checked regularly. This way, any future crisis can be avoided. Those who are heart patients should take special precautions. Along with improving lifestyle, efforts should be made to keep stress away and engage in daily physical activity.