Air pollution has triggered various health issues in the last couple of years including strokes and heart ailments. In the coming week, the air quality in Delhi is likely to deteriorate severely, and the experts are of the view that in that case, COVID infections rise again, it can turn out to be fatal for many.
Air pollution particularly in the Delhi NCR has triggered various health issues in the last couple of years including strokes and heart ailments.
And, COVID increases that risk even higher. The contraction of blood arteries during cold weather is one of the main reasons why people have strokes as the contraction raises the blood pressure significantly owing to which the heart works much harder to pump blood around the body.
Dr. Vipul Gupta, Chief - Neuro interventional Surgery & Co-Chief Stroke Unit, Artemis Hospital, Gurugram, says, as quoted by ET, “Another challenge which our population is facing, particularly this year, is the spreading of the deadly COVID pandemic.