• ABHILASHA TIWARI
• DIVYA DUBEY

Immunity has been a major medical debate through the world for years now and has specially come under a strict scrutiny with the pandemic raging across the continents and making it all the more necessary for the people and the medical fraternity to review the aspects of immunity under the newly changed dimensions of the world. The pandemic brought to the fore the inherent human weaknesses and compelled the doctors to analyse the whole concept of human immune system under a new light. The study conducted on a chosen sample of 50 heart patients undergoing treatment for extremely critical heart conditions and coronary ailments threw up a vital statistic that revealed a lot about the bonding a human heart shares with the immune system. The patients who were randomly accessed from a famous cardiac hospital in the city of Kota were made available a questionnaire that tried to probe the intensity of their ailment and how critically it was affecting their immunity. Majority of questions asked were close ended that sought objective answers that could somehow help in unraveling the relation heart shares with the immune system. The sample set of people chosen were middle aged men and women between 35 to 65 in age with a history of heart condition for quite some time. The sample set was a blend of patients with varied heart ailments which encompassed Coronary heart disease, pericardial disease and a few with heart valve disease. Irrespective of what specific ailment they were suffering from, a common lack of immunity was detected amongst them all. It was evident out of the fact that they exhibited a shared vulnerability to certain illnesses. It was kept in mind that questions took into consideration their food habits, their lifestyle, the symptoms that often troubled them, the medication they were prescribed and the influence these all had on their routine. Questions regarding their immunity and the additional ailments and disorders they suffered since the time they were diagnosed for a heart condition were chosen with careful precision. It was specially researched whether the patients in the sample set had some co-morbidities and how seriously and severely these pre-existing conditions were affecting their day-to-day lives. Affixing a link between cardiovascular disorders and a worsening immune system seemed to be a bit tricky as the answers provided by the respondents appeared a little vague sometimes and lacked direction. Although, to a large extent, the answers after a thorough analysis revealed the outcome that we had heard about and long suspected.

Pandemic, Vulnerability, Immunity, Co-morbidity.

"IMPLICATIONS OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS ON HUMAN IMMUNITY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 3, page no.d286-d295, March-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2203338.pdf

"IMPLICATIONS OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS ON HUMAN IMMUNITY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 3, page no. ppd286-d295, March-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2203338.pdf