‘Winter increases heart attack, stroke risk’

Cold weather can be dangerous medically: DAK With surge in heart attacks and strokes during winter, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) today said that sudden drop in temperature increases the risk. Asserting winter as risk for these diseases,President DAK Dr Nisar ul Hassan in a statement issued here said that the number of heart attack and stroke patients in Kashmir doubles during winter. “Frigid temperatures constrict arteries that increase blood pressure which makes heart attack or stroke more likely,” Dr Hassan said. “Blood tends to be thicker and become stickier during…

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