Health issues in Urban city

We all are familiar with this popular saying that  "Health is wealth". But seems like nowadays in this fast moving urban environment we are running after wealth of money and we are ignoring the wealth of health.

As in most of Indian cities, people in Pune too, are eating more but doing very less to burn their extra calories. Obesity is one of the major challenge in Indian cities. I remember my grandfather saying me that he hardly use to see so many people with belly 20 years ago, but now people with belly are a common sight. High level of sugar intakes in urban cities is one of the major causes of it on the diet side, further aggravated because of sitting jobs as a techie in their cubicles in front of PCs or laptops. Stress of workplace along with not so great physical health is putting the urbanites at a risk for various kinds of health ailments.

One other commonly known fact about any typical urban city is air pollution. Air pollution level of pune is also very high at 61-90 ug/cubic meter. This is in same league with cities like Bangalore, Mumbai & hyderabad. Air pollution increases heart diseases. It is not just the lungs and lower respiratory tract, the cardiovascular system is also affected. The largest contributions to urban air pollution include motor vehicles (cars, bikes, buses, trucks, etc) , small scale manufacterers , coal fired power plant, and increasing deforestation. Air quality guideline as suggested by World Health Organisation (WHO) of PM10 is 20 micrograms per cubic metre as annual average. Pune is atleast 3 times to 4 times of this.Then we have water pollution and many other issues affecting health.

A study shows that air pollution can cause a lot to us w.r.t. lives & health.

Now the questions is what we can do about it. I can just say 4 basic points

• Prevention :- 
• Diet control, physical work, yoga, exercises, healthy food, etc
• Clean water, Mask in roads, etc
• Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan by our Prime Minister is one very important step in this direction.
• Earlier detection of diseases
• Earlier diagnosis of diseases can really help, as earlier detection will help control and stop the disease much easily.
• Delayed diagnosis and absence of proper action can convert a normal disease into a lethal one.
• Cure & care
• After diagnosis and finding of any disease one need to take care & cure of the disease.

For a good diagnosis and care, finding a good hospitals in Pune is also very important. Wrong diagnosis can cause a diseases birth actually or worsen the situation. So one need to check private hospitals in pune as well as private clinics in pune.