Ga Bob Harper daga 'Babban Asara', Maimaita Ciwon Zuciya Kawai Ba Wani zaɓi bane

Wadatacce

• Alamun gargadi masu rufe fuska
• Fuskantarwa da rungumar murmurewa
• Taimakawa sauran waɗanda suka kamu da ciwon zuciya
• Sabunta hangen nesa

A watan Fabrairun da ya gabata, “Babban Asarar” mai masaukin baki Bob Harper ya tashi zuwa dakin motsa jiki na New York don motsa jiki na yau da kullun na safiyar Lahadi. Ya zama kamar wata rana ce kawai a cikin rayuwar ƙwararren masaniyar motsa jiki.

Amma a tsakiyar wasan motsa jiki, ba zato ba tsammani Harper ya sami kansa yana buƙatar tsayawa. Ya kwanta ya mirgina a bayansa.

“Na shiga cikin tsananin bugun zuciya. Na yi bugun zuciya. ”

Duk da yake Harper bai tuna sosai daga wannan ranar ba, an gaya masa cewa likita wanda ya kasance a cikin dakin motsa jiki ya iya yin aiki da sauri kuma ya yi masa CPR. Gidan motsa jiki yana da kayan aiki na atomatik (AED), don haka likita yayi amfani da hakan don firgita zuciyar Harper a cikin bugun yau da kullun har sai motar asibiti ta zo.

Damar sa ya tsira? Siriri ne da kashi shida.

Ya farka bayan kwana biyu ga mummunan labarin cewa ya kusan mutuwa. Ya yaba wa abokinsa da ke aiki tare da shi, tare da mai koyar da motsa jiki, da kuma likita, don rayuwarsa.

Alamun gargadi masu rufe fuska

Harper har zuwa bugun zuciyarsa, Harper ya ce bai taɓa samun alamun alamun gargaɗi na yau da kullun ba, irin su ciwon kirji, damuwa, ko ciwon kai, kodayake yana jin jiri a wasu lokuta. “Kimanin makonni shida kafin bugun zuciyata, hakika na suma a dakin motsa jiki. Don haka babu shakka akwai alamun da ke nuna cewa wani abu ba daidai ba ne, amma na zabi ban saurara ba, ”in ji shi.

Warren Wexelman, likitan zuciya tare da NYU Langone School of Medicine and Medical Center, ya ce mai yiwuwa Harper ya rasa wasu alamun gargaɗi saboda tsananin yanayin jikinsa. "Gaskiyar cewa Bob ya kasance cikin irin wannan yanayin na jiki mai ban mamaki kafin bugun zuciyarsa mai yiwuwa shi ne dalilin da ya sa bai ji duk ciwon kirji da gajeren numfashi da wani wanda ba ya cikin yanayi mai kyau da zai ji ba."

"Gaskiya, idan Bob ba ya cikin yanayin da Bob ke ciki, da alama ba zai taɓa rayuwa ba."

Don haka ta yaya mutum mai shekaru 51 a cikin irin wannan halin yake da ciwon zuciya tun farko?

Wani jijiyar da aka toshe, Wexelman yayi bayani, da kuma gano cewa Harper yana dauke da wani furotin da ake kira lipoprotein (a), ko Lp (a). Wannan furotin yana ƙara haɗarin bugun zuciya, bugun jini, da toshewar bawul. Harper mai yiwuwa ya gaji ta ne daga mahaifiyarsa da kakan mahaifiyarsa, wadanda suka mutu duka sakamakon bugun zuciya yana da shekaru 70 a duniya.

Amma yayin ɗaukar Lp (a) tabbas yana ƙara haɗarin mutum, wasu dalilai da yawa suna shiga cikin haɗarin mutum don bugun zuciya. Wexelman ya ce "Babu wani abin da zai iya kamuwa da cutar zuciya, abubuwa ne da yawa," in ji Wexelman. “Tarihin iyali, kwayoyin halittar da kuka gada, ciwon suga, hawan cholesterol, da hawan jini duk sun hadu wuri daya don yin hoton abin da muke kira cututtukan zuciya, kuma suna sanya mutum - ko da kuwa suna cikin mafi kyawun sifa, ko mafi munin sifa - yafi dacewa da samun ɗayan waɗannan abubuwan. "

Fuskantarwa da rungumar murmurewa

Harper ya sanya shi aikinsa don magance kowace matsala - daga abinci zuwa na yau da kullun.

Maimakon ya kusanci kowane canjin rayuwa a matsayin cin zarafin tsarin lafiyarsa da ya riga ya dace da dacewa da ƙoshin lafiya, ya zaɓi ya rungumi canje-canjen da zai yi domin tabbatar da kyakkyawan - da dawwamamme - dawowa.

"Me yasa laifi ko kunya game da wani abu wanda gabaɗaya daga cikin ikonku yake kamar kwayoyin halittu?" tambaya Harper. "Waɗannan katunan ana magana dasu kuma kuna iyakar ƙoƙarin ku don kula da duk yanayin da kuke ciki."

Kazalika halartar tartsatsi na zuciya da sauƙaƙewa zuwa motsa jiki, dole ne ya sake tsarin cin abincin sa sosai. Kafin bugun zuciya, Harper yana kan abincin Paleo, wanda ya haɗa da cin yawancin furotin, abinci mai mai mai yawa.

"Abin da na fahimta bayan bugun zuciyata shi ne cewa abincin na ba shi da daidaito kuma shi ya sa na fito da littafin 'The Super Carb Diet'," in ji shi. "Game da iya latsa maballin sake saitawa ne da dawo da dukkan macronutrients a cikin kwano - furotin, kitse, da carbi."

Taimakawa sauran waɗanda suka kamu da ciwon zuciya

Kodayake Harper ya magance farfadowa - kuma abin da ake buƙata ya canza zuwa salon rayuwarsa - tare da annashuwa, ya yarda cewa ya firgita lokacin da ya sami labarin cewa ciwon zuciya ɗaya ya jefa ku cikin haɗarin haɗarin sake bugun zuciya.

Tabbas, a cewar Heartungiyar Zuciya ta Amurka, kashi 20 na waɗanda suka tsira daga bugun zuciya fiye da shekaru 45 suna fuskantar maimaita bugun zuciya cikin shekaru biyar. Kuma daga cikin cututtukan zuciya na 790,000 da ake fuskanta a Amurka kowace shekara, waɗanda ke maimaita bugun zuciya.

Koyon wannan gaskiyar kawai ya ƙara ƙarfafa Harper don karɓar ikon jikinsa. "A wannan lokacin ne na fahimci zan yi komai da komai abin da likitana suka gaya mani," in ji shi.

Ofayan shawarwarin likitan shine shan maganin Brilinta. Wexelman ya ce maganin yana dakatar da jijiyoyin daga sakewa da kuma rage yiwuwar kamuwa da ciwon zuciya nan gaba.

"Mun san cewa Brilinta ba magani ba ne da kowa zai iya sha saboda zai iya haifar da zub da jini," in ji Wexelman. "Dalilin da ya sa Bob ya zama dan takarar kirki ga wannan magani shi ne saboda ya kasance mai kirki da haƙuri kuma mutane a kan waɗannan magungunan suna buƙatar sauraren likitansu wanda ke kula da su."

Yayin shan Brilinta, Harper ya yanke shawarar hada kai da kamfanin kera magunguna, AstraZeneca, don taimakawa wajen kaddamar da wani shiri na ilimi da tallafi ga wadanda suka tsira daga bugun zuciya da ake kira Survivors Have Heart. Gangamin wata gasa ce wacce za ta ga wadanda suka tsira daga kamuwa da ciwon zuciya daga ko'ina cikin kasar sun halarci wani taron a birnin New York a karshen watan Fabrairu don wayar da kan mutane game da alamun gargadi na sake bugun zuciya.

“Na sadu da mutane da yawa tun lokacin da nake yin wannan kuma duk suna da labari na musamman da mahimmanci da za su bayar. Yana da kyau a ba su wata hanyar da za su ba da labarinsu, ”in ji shi.

A zaman wani bangare na kamfen din, Harper ya kirkiro wasu abubuwa shida wadanda suka rage don taimakawa wasu mutanen da suka kamu da ciwon zuciya su fuskanci tsoron su kuma su kasance masu himma da kula da kai - ta hanyar mai da hankali kan hankali, da lafiyar jiki da magani.

"Wannan abu ne na sirri kuma na ainihi ne kuma a wurina, saboda mutane da yawa sun tuntube ni wadanda suke son nasihu kan abin da ya kamata in yi bayan fama da ciwon zuciya," in ji shi. "Wadanda suka tsira suna da Zuciya suna bawa mutane wuri da kuma al'umma da zasu nemi taimako."

Sabunta hangen nesa

Har zuwa inda nasa labarin zai tafi daga nan, Harper ya ce bashi da niyyar yanzu don komawa "Babban Rasawa" bayan shekaru 17. A yanzu, taimaka wa wasu don kula da lafiyar zuciyarsu da guje wa maimaita bugun zuciya yana ɗaukar fifiko.

"Ina jin kamar rayuwata tana juyawa," in ji shi. "A yanzu, tare da wadanda suka tsira suna da Zuciya, Ina da wasu sabbin idanun da suke kaina na neman jagora da taimako, kuma wannan shine ainihin abin da nake so in iya yi."

Hakanan yana shirin bayarda shawarar mahimmancin koyon CPR da samun AEDs a cikin wuraren taruwar jama'a inda mutane ke taruwa. "Wadannan abubuwan sun taimaka ceton rayuwata - haka nake so ma ga wasu."

“Na shiga cikin mawuyacin hali na ainihi a cikin shekarar da ta gabata don samun sababbin hanyoyin a rayuwata, kuma in sake bayyana wanda nake tsammanin na kasance cikin waɗannan shekaru 51 da suka gabata. Abun haushi ne, da wahala, da kuma kalubale - amma ina ganin haske a karshen ramin kuma na ji dadi fiye da yadda nake da shi. ”