To mark World Hypertension Day on Tuesday, May 17, social organiSation Namya Smile Foundation (NSF), Jamshedpur, organised a hypertension awareness campaign for morning walkers at Jubilee Park and Kadma Sonari Link Road in the city, a report in the Avenue Mail, Jamshedpur, says.
The NSF checked the blood pressure of more than 300 persons and briefed them about the various aspects of high blood pressure.
NSF founder Kunal Shadangi said people with hypertension, diabetes and heart diseases, infected by coronavirus could face serious repercussions due to high blood pressure.
He said the greatest factor causing hypertension was changing and hectic lifestyle. He attributed comfort-loving lifestyle that was nurturing the disease among the youth.
“Apart from these factors, lack of exercise, irregular diet and work-stress are also adding to the increase in cases of hypertension. The best way to prevent this disease is to get the blood pressure level checked on a regular basis.”
Nidhi Kedia, Raj Mishra, Nirmal Kumar, Rishu Ranjan, Prateek Chaurasia, Vikas Agarwal, Amit and many other members of Namya Smile Foundation participated in the campaign.
Steps to control risk of hypertension:
Another report says Dr Sanjay Gupta, Senior Consultant, Department of Internal Medicine, Paras Hospitals, Gurugram, Haryana, speaking to ANI says prolonged hypertension also puts a person at a higher risk of contracting several life-threatening conditions and complications like brain stroke, heart failure, and kidney failure.
He stressed “It is critical to raise awareness about hypertension which sometimes strikes without warning and becomes a life-threatening emergency. And added that hypertension is a lifestyle disease that is manageable.
“By maintaining an optimal weight and eating a well-balanced diet rich in fresh fruits, vegetables one can control their bold pressure. Junk food, spicy, oily, and food rich in salt must be avoided,” he said.
1. Learn to control anger: Some people who tend to lose their patience/anger easily, are advised to follow yoga and meditation.
2. Stress and anxiety temporarily increase the blood pressure which may become a long-term problem.
3. Improve sleep cycle: Unhealthy sleep routine, increased screen time lead to energy consumption which eventually makes people feel drowsy during the dayt. It can cause disorientation, anxiety, overeating and diabetic like conditions which increase the risk of hypertension by three-fold.
4. Maintain a healthy weight: Fat around the belly (pear shaped body) is a sign of increased insulin resistance which eventually results in hypertension.
5. Stay fit and exercise regularly: Physical activities help in controlling high blood pressure, it also helps manage the weight, strengthen the heart and lowers stress level.
6. Adopt DASH diet. People should follow a diet rich in citrus and high fibre fruits, vegetables and low-fat dairy foods. The DASH diet includes eating more than usual 3 times in various food groups, including grains, vegetables, fruits, low-fat or fat-free dairy products, meat, poultry, and fish
Another report says Dr Sanjay Gupta, Senior Consultant, Department of Internal Medicine, Paras Hospitals, Gurugram, Haryana, speaking to ANI says prolonged hypertension also puts a person at a higher risk of contracting several life-threatening conditions and complications like brain stroke, heart failure, and kidney failure.
7. Keep check on salt intake: Excessive salt intake causes water retention leading to hypertension.
8. The environmental factors can significantly increase arterial blood pressure (BP) including cold temperature, high altitude, loud noises, and ambient air pollutants.
9. Low fat and controlled carbohydrates intake: People tend to focus on controlling their fat intake and sometimes ignore the carb intake. Both high and low percentages of carbohydrate diets are associated with increased risk of hypertension. A controlled low carb diet helps in improving insulin resistance, promoting the loss of sodium in the urine which eventually improves the blood pressure.
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