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Taking Care of Your Emotional Wellness
By
Dr Lee Phong Teck
, Consultant, Department of Cardiology, National Heart Centre Singapore
Exercise
Regular exercise helps to lower body weight, blood pressure and cholesterol. It also reduces anxiety, depression and improves your self-esteem.
Exercise at least 30 minutes a day, five days a week. Check with your doctor on the exercises appropriate for you such as brisk walking, cycling and rope jumping.
Diet
Eat a balanced diet with good quality foods e.g. vegetables, whole grains, legumes and fruits. Avoid foods that cause reactive symptoms as they can affect your moods.
Try to break bad food habits especially psychoactive foods such as caffeinated beverages, sugar and chocolate. A diet low in sugar can also help stabilise mood.
Maintain personal relationships
Develop close personal relationships with someone (e.g. parents, spouse, siblings or friends) whom you can count on for support.
Get connected with your loved ones and friends via calls, text messaging and video calls. Catch up on each other’s daily activities and encourage one another to stay healthy.
Tips for Patients Coming for Your Appointment
By
Asst Prof Jeffrey Lau
, Consultant, Department of Cardiology, National Heart Centre Singapore
First Visit to NHCS (new patients)
Please bring along your medical reports if you have previously done any cardiac investigations such as stress test, echocardiogram, CT (computed tomography) and MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scans etc., in other clinic/ hospital. This will allow your doctor to review the results and tailor further cardiac investigations, if necessary.
If you are taking any medication prescribed by other clinics/hospitals, please bring along the medication, or write down the medication names and dosages to show our doctors.
Follow-Up Visits (existing patients)
Please share with your doctor if you have concerns about your regular medicines.
TeleHealth services (consultation via phone and video) are available for patients with stable conditions. Find out more from your doctor.
Cardiac Investigations (existing patients)
Check your investigation order form(s) to see if fasting or withholding certain medication is required before your tests.
Exercise Tips for Covid-19 Period
By
Assoc Prof Tan Swee Yaw
, Senior Consultant, Director of Cardiovascular Rehabilitation & Preventive Cardiology,
Department of Cardiology, National Heart Centre Singapore
Use a mask
Use a mask when not doing strenuous exercise. Should you choose to go out and jog or have a brisk walk, bring along a mask with you. Remember to put the mask on when the strenuous portion of your exercise is complete.
Keep a distance
Keep a distance from others during exercise. Exercise should not be a social event. Recent research revealed that runners and cyclists could potentially spread infective particles to other individuals 10 to 20 metres away if affected individuals are in the exercising person's ‘slipstream’.
Practise good personal hygiene
When gyms and communal exercise facilities are fully open, it is imperative that all equipment, especially those with high touch areas are to be disinfected after each use. Virus can potentially stay viable on surfaces for a few days. Bring your own hydration supplies, avoid communal water coolers and water fountains.
Keeping Healthy During Covid-19 Period
By
Dr Khoo Chun Yuan
, Consultant, Department of Cardiology, National Heart Centre Singapore
Get sufficient rest and quality sleep
Get sufficient rest to recharge. This is important especially for those managing the boundaries of working from home. Having at least 7 to 8 hours of quality sleep aids in good heart health. Before bedtime, avoid caffeinated drinks or excessive usage of electronic devices to wind down and fall asleep faster.
Be kind and support to one another
Spend valuable time with your loved ones at home and support one another. During such challenging times, stay kind to one another.
Besides helping someone in need, studies have shown that acts of kindness release a hormone that may improve our mood and mental health.
Seek medical attention if unwell
Seeking medical attention early enables early treatment and supportive measures to be introduced, if necessary.
This will also reduce the duration of the disease and any further complications in the condition.
For more Covid-19 Heart Health Resources, visit
here
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The information is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Please consult your doctor or healthcare professional for detailed medical advice.
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