A campaign to persuade all adults to test blood for cholesterol and triglycerides. Testing for lipid profile will indicate whether the heart is at risk, thereby enabling necessary precautions being taken to prevent heart attack.

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So often we hear about a relative, friend or acquaintance passing away suddenly due to a massive heart attack. Later on we come to know that the person was not aware of heart attack risks because he or she had not got blood tested for cholesterol even once.

That person would have been alive if a single blood test for lipid profile was taken at any time prior to the heart attack. That test would have revealed adverse cholesterol and triglycerides figures, spurring the person to take immediate recourse to diet control, exercise and medication. Most probably, the fatal hear attack would not have occured at all. Even in case of persons whos survive, the heart attack irreversibly damages heart muscles, leading to an impaired condition.

High level of cholesterol (LDL/VLDL) and triglycerides are silent killers and usually there are no overt indications until it is too late. BloodTestAlert is a movement and a campaign to persuade every person above the age of 35 to undergo blood test for cholesterol….And to ensure that his or her parents, relatives and friends also undergo the same test…. Based on test results necessary changes should be made in diet and lifestyle.Due to genetic, diet and lifestyle reasons Indians and South Asians have one of the highest rates of heart attacks in the world. Can we afford to take a chance?

This blood test requires fasting for 12-14 hours (except water which is allowed). The cost for a lipid profile test is around Rs 300 to Rs 400. Isn’t it a small price to pay when life is at stake?

Regards.
Jerome Quadros

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