PU students report high BP, sugar

CHANDIGARH: The notion that health problems begin after middle age was proved wrong at a routine health check-up organised by student organization Akhil Bhartiya Vishwa Parishad (ABVP) in Panjab University in association with Ivy hospital, Mohali, on Friday. More than 300 students were examined and, shockingly, 40% were found to be suffering from high blood pressure and 70% reported skin problems.Some 30% students had eye problems, while a few showed signs of depression.
Around 160 students got their blood pressure checked and more than 60 of them reportedly suffered from hypertension. Talking to The Times of India, cardiologist Dr Deepak Kaushal who examined the students and gave a lecture on healthy living, said ���I found many guys were obsessed with some issue or the other, which is not a healthy sign. These days, instances of high blood pressure among young men are on the rise especially in urban areas.���
Some 42 girls were examined by a skin specialist and 70% of them were found to be suffering from some problem or the other. ���Apart from usual sunburns, girls were mainly detected with acne, rashes and blemishes,��� said a source.
Out of 72 students examined, 30% had eye problems and of 65 students, 5% were detected with high sugar levels.
Calling the health camp fruitful as it helped in early detection of various problems which could be controlled with timely intervention, doctors observed that the food available on the campus was not very hygienic, prepared in inappropriate cooking oil and contained high salt levels.
Discussing the various reasons for high blood pressure among the younger generation, Dr Kaushal said, ���Factors like pressure of studies, lifestyle, lack of exercise and dependency on junk food contribute to it.���
The camp also ran a consultation programme in which doctors from various fields like psychiatry, eye, skin, cardiology, gynaecology and nutrition examined people at the Students? Centre.
Physicians also delivered lectures on the occasion. The dietician saw many girls asking for a healthy food regime.
Happy at the ���big success��� of their initiative, Sunil Thakur of ABVP said, ���Such camps will be organized more frequently���.