In the past few years, Dr. Zhang Zhiying has been insisting on popular hypertension prevention and treatment knowledge for today's fan friends, why does he insist on doing this? Let Dr. Zhang Zhiying explain the reason for this himself.
National hypertension, so it is no longer alarmist. Because after the reform and opening up, more people in our country have lived a good life, eat well, exercise less, and fat people have begun to increase, so more and more people have high blood pressure. Even authoritative data show that there are now 245 million to 275 million hypertensive patients in our country, and it can be said that there is one hypertension patient in every 5 Chinese, so it is not too much to say.
Dr. Zhang Zhiying consulted a doctor in Shigatse, Tibet, and there were many patients with hypertension
The 2018 edition of the "Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Hypertension in China" also proposes that between 2012 and 2015, the prevalence of hypertension in adults over 18 years old in mainland China reached a staggering 27.9%, so it can be said that there is one hypertension patient in every 3 adults, so it is not too much to say.
The chronic disease of hypertension is really menacing, showing the characteristics of popularization, which is really caught off guard and makes people afraid. Hypertension is indeed the greatest responsibility for so many cerebral infarction, myocardial infarction, and kidney failure patients in our current society. Speaking of which, it is necessary to mention the target organ damage that long-term hypertension may bring, especially important target organ damage. For example, long-term hypertension is not controlled, which can lead to serious heart diseases such as myocardial hypertrophy, coronary heart disease, heart failure, etc., can lead to elevated creatinine, and even kidney failure, can lead to cerebral infarction, cerebral hemorrhage, can lead to carotid artery plaque, can lead to fundus arteriosclerosis bleeding and other important organs serious damage. It is precisely for these reasons that we need to know our blood pressure at ordinary times, and when our blood pressure is high, we must carry out professional treatment and treatment.
High blood pressure can easily lead to damage to important organs
And Asians are more affected by high blood pressure, related medical studies have shown that for every 10mmHg increase in blood pressure in Asians, the incidence of cerebral infarction and myocardial infarction increased by 53% and 31%, while the descendants of Europeans and Americans only increased by 24% and 21%. Especially our Chinese is more deeply affected, it can be said that it is the hardest hit area of cerebral infarction and myocardial infarction caused by high blood pressure.
However, more people are now in an environment where hypertension can also be treated in the surrounding medical institutions, but how to pay attention to the risk factors that can lead to hypertension in daily life, they are not clear, and doctors rarely have time to explain in great detail. For example, as we all know, eating more salt can lead to high blood pressure, so how should people with high blood pressure eat salt? What tests do I know how much salt I've eaten? What are the details of daily attention that can reduce salt intake? And so on these details, the public needs to know, but also want to know. However, if we want to understand it clearly, there is too little relevant information and understanding channels, so what should we do? This requires the whole population to improve their health literacy and improve the awareness of high blood pressure. In addition to knowing your own blood pressure, you should also pay attention to knowing more about high blood pressure, and you can't give all the responsibility to the doctor, after all, you are the first person responsible for your own health.
There are more and more patients with high blood pressure
Therefore, in order to improve the health literacy of all Chinese, especially the health literacy of hypertension, Dr. Zhang has been working hard to popularize this knowledge. Of course, I also hope that through my efforts, the friends in front of the mobile phone will better understand high blood pressure and reduce the huge physical harm caused by high blood pressure, which is my greatest wish. I hope that the fans and friends in front of the mobile phone can make progress with Dr. Zhang through these popular science knowledge, so that the harm caused by Chinese because of high blood pressure is getting smaller and smaller.