When it comes to mental health, we knowingly or unknowingly ignore it. Many times people suffering from mental diseases have to face many problems in daily life. Therefore, their caregivers also need to be more vigilant.
Researchers in the US found in a study that people with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia or related mental disorders may be at risk of cardiovascular disease at an early age. The study was published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
Researchers from the US National Institute of Mental Health reported that cardiovascular disease is caused by disorders of the heart and blood vessels. These include coronary heart disease, stroke, hypertension, congenital heart disease and heart failure. He said that about six lakh people were included in the study. According to researchers, bipolar disorder is a mental illness in which there is a sudden change in the mood, energy, activity, attention of the sufferer. At the same time, a person with schizophrenia stays away from reality, causing distress to himself as well as to family and friends.
Ten years ago, a person suffering from mental illness dies
Study lead researcher Rebecca C. Rossum said that earlier studies have indicated that people with severe mental illness die 10-20 years earlier than the general population. Heart disease is a major cause of these deaths. He said that therefore we focused our study on what is the contribution of blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar, BMA, i.e. body mass index, to cardiovascular risk factors in these mental patients.
All participants were 18 to 75 years old
All participants in the study were between 18-75 years old. About two per cent of these people were suffering from serious mental illness. Of these, 70 per cent were suffering from bipolar disorder, 18 per cent schizoaffective disorder and 12 per cent schizophrenia.
According to the results of the study, the risk level of cardiovascular disease in people with any serious mental illness was 9.5 percent over the 10-year review period. At the same time, it was eight percent among the general population. The estimated 30-year risk of cardiovascular disease was 25 percent for severe mental patients, compared to just 11 percent for the general population.