World Hypertension Day 2024: It is extremely hot in many parts of the country. As soon as summer arrives, many diseases also start occurring. According to health experts, the risk of dehydration, heat stroke, viral fever, diarrhea, kidney stones, eye infections, stomach diseases and UTI is highest in summer.
Along with this, lakhs of people are suffering from the problem of high blood pressure or low blood pressure. Nowadays, due to poor lifestyle and eating habits, people are falling prey to serious diseases like high BP. The risk of BP problem also increases in youth. Earlier this problem used to occur with increasing age but nowadays it is making people victims of it at an early age. World Hypertension Day is celebrated every year on 17 May to spread awareness about serious diseases like high BP. High blood pressure is also called silent killer. It is often seen that initial symptoms are not visible in high BP patients. But it has some special features. So that it can be detected.
What should be normal blood pressure?
A healthy person's blood pressure is 80/120. With the help of blood pressure, blood reaches the arteries, but in case of high BP, the blood pressure of the person reaches above 90/140. In such a situation, the blood pressure in the body increases significantly. According to experts, in most of the cases our eating habits and bad lifestyle are responsible for all this.
due to high blood pressure
The main causes of high blood pressure are frequent consumption of heavy and fatty foods, lack of exercise, stress, anxiety and depression. The problem of high BP is caused by poor lifestyle, eating habits, genetics and pollution. If a person eats processed food or smokes cigarettes and alcohol, he or she is more likely to develop high blood pressure. Apart from this, excessive stress also causes the problem of high BP. This increases the risk of BP significantly.
symptoms of high bp
- difficulty breathing
- feeling tired
- nose bleeding
- Headache
- Pain in chest
- bleeding with urine
High BP patients need to be careful in summer
High BP patients need to be careful in summer. Because in summer there may be lack of water in the body due to which the blood may become thick. which can cause high blood pressure
More than 128 crore people around the world are high blood pressure patients, out of which about 46 percent are unaware of this disease. If high BP is not controlled in time, the risk of brain stroke increases and the person may even die. Especially high BP patients need to be careful in this summer.