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Dr. Rajan Poudel  MBBS(BS/MD) Health Care Team Leader at UN CAMMAY Volunteer 2020 Today I want to discuss with you about the changes in the treatment of coronary artery disease. For over a decade we have been fighting with this disease. So what is our current position? where we are standing? Are we winning or losing?  If we see that almost 60% of Nepalese are suffering from Coronary Artery Disease.40-50% of people can't even reach till hospital after heart stroke. It is very necessary to have complete knowledge about the disease with which we are fighting. As I told you heart disease is increasing among the young population in Nepal. The main reason is genetic. From parents, kids get this disease by genetic. So this is the genetic reason, there is an agent called lipoprotein which is more in the blood in Nepali. This is the main reason why in Nepalese we are seeing heart disease. More compared to western people. Now if we talk about urban vs rural ratio of the occurrence of th...

  Dr. Rajan Poudel  MBBS(BS/MD) Health Care Team Leader at UN CAMMAY Volunteer 2020 Today I am writing about a very important topic which is very common and many people don’t know at all about this ailment, they have a lack of knowledge about it. So today’s topic is about fatty liver. Fatty liver is a medical care condition in which gradually fats build up in the liver. Many people feel if they have fatty liver then all the stomach complaints related to indigestion or gastric are caused by the ailment, but it is not correct at all. CAUSES: One of the main reasons for fatty liver is the consumption of alcohol apart from that, there are few medicines which can cause the fat to build up in liver. Apart from that , viral infections such as Hepatitis B, C can cause problems in liver, which can also lead to build up fats in the liver. In today’s age one new reason has come up which is related to our life style. Ailments related to lifestyle such as hypertension, Diabetes, obesity an...