“AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS WORTH A POUND OF CURE”
High blood pressure or hypertension is when your blood pressure, the force of the blood flowing through your blood vessels, is consistently too high. The higher the pressure the harder the heart has to pump.
According to WHO, 1 in 3 adults has high blood pressure in South East Asia region. Nearly 1.5 million people die due to hypertension every year.
High blood pressure is a “silent killer”
* most of the time there are no obvious symptoms
* when left untreated, the damage that high blood pressure does to your circulatory system is a significant contributing factor to heart attack, stroke and kidney failure
* uncontrolled hypertension can also cause blindness, irregularities of heartbeat and heart failure
THERE IS HOPE
While there is no cure for high blood pressure, with proper treatment and management, you can live a long and healthy life.
The risk of developing hypertension can be reduced by:
1) reducing salt intake
2) eating a balance diet
3) regular physical activity
4) maintaining healthy body weight
5) avoiding harmful use of alcohol
6) avoiding tobacco use
