The heart attack-related cases are rising in India at an age of 20s, which was earlier post-40s.

Speaking with ANI, Dr Ashok Seth’s, Chairman of Fortis Escorts Hospital, Delhi, said, “I think in our country, with heart disease growing earlier and earlier at a younger age, we must not forget heart disease as one of the important causes of chest pain, even in a 20 year old, even in a 25 year old, even a 30 year old heart disease is affecting younger and younger people. So it’s well understood that chest pain cannot be ignored, and it should be clearly seen by a doctor, and a simple test can be performed in such situations to know whether it’s heart disease or not.”

He explained how to differentiate between normal pain and pain in the heart. “For example, a chest pain which comes on walking

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