Often Lama Sitting, Prone to Suffer Heart Disease

Are you old workers who often sit behind a desk for hours on end? Or a long plane ride, which makes you have to sit for hours without moving position? You should read the following important information for your health.

Reported that sitting for hours in the same position makes people prone to heart disease. This is because there is a blood clot in the lower areas of the body, including the legs.

"Sitting in the same position continuously for long hours can cause blood clots in the legs, and can bring their own dangers to health," says Dr Anil Bansal, a cardiologist Columbia Asia Hospital.

The condition is also known as DVT or deep vein thrombosis, where blood clot in the deep veins of the leg part or hip. Caused by sitting too long in the same position, no change. Which then block the blood travel to the lungs, called a pulmonary embolism as a medical term.

Pulmonary embolism or PE is the main artery clogging the lungs, which can lead to low oxygen intake in the body, and then trigger a sudden heart attack.

In a study made ​​by WHO in 2007, stated that traveling journey that takes many hours of PE and increased risk of heart attack is. So WHO recommends that passengers switch positions and occasionally walk around to the blood circulation.

Tips on traveling, as reported by IndiaTimes:

•  Warm up before long sitting position 
• Change positions every 30 min sitting 
• Take a walk and relax the body during long trips driving and rest
•  Drink enough water so that the body is not dehydrated 
• Always take enough drugs, especially those with heart-related diseases.