But heart disease doesn’t always give you a loud warning, especially in younger adults. And when symptoms are subtle, delays become more likely. That window, when something could have been caught early, shrinks quickly.
Doctors are seeing this shift up close. More cases where intervention could have been simpler, if only the person had come in earlier. More cases where the first serious symptom is also the emergency.
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And that’s what makes this trend harder to ignore. Because the idea that heart disease is a “later in life” problem doesn’t hold the way it used to. Not with how we live today. Not with the kind of stress and habits that have quietly become normal.
To create awareness around this TOI Health connected with Dr. Purshotam Lal, Interventional Cardiologist & Chairman – Metro Group of Hospitals. Dr. Purshotam Lal has shed light on the increasing cases of heart diseases in young people and what are the causes behind it.

