May 17 is World Hypertension Day.
Although many people with high blood pressure do not feel uncomfortable after the disease, high blood pressure is a veritable "hidden killer".
It can unconsciously destroy the heart, brain, and kidneys, and further cause stroke, cerebral infarction, coronary heart disease, kidney failure, and so on......
Data suggest that in 2005 alone, hypertension was responsible for 2.11 million deaths and 1.15 million premature deaths of patients with cardiovascular disease [4].
The damage of high blood pressure should not be underestimated.
But the good news is that although the harm of high blood pressure is cascading and huge, 70%-80% of high blood pressure occurs related to unhealthy lifestyles.
Even if you are already susceptible to high blood pressure, please do not be discouraged, by changing your diet and other lifestyles, we can effectively delay or even prevent the occurrence of high blood pressure.
Preventing and controlling high blood pressure is actually not that difficult, start to change from now on, and you will be a winner~
Audit Specialists
Ge Junbo is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
Director of the Department of Cardiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University
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