Know Your Numbers with a goal of increasing high blood pressure (BP) awareness in all populations around the world-World Hypertension Day 2018

Every year, 17 May is dedicated to World Hypertension Day (WHD). This is an initiative of the World Hypertension League (WHL), an affiliated section of the ISH.
The WHD was first inaugurated in May 2005 and has become an annual event ever since. The purpose of the WHD is to promote public awareness of hypertension and to encourage citizens of all countries to prevent and control this silent killer, the modern epidemic.
The theme for World Hypertension Day is Know Your Numbers with a goal of increasing high blood pressure (BP) awareness in all populations around the world.
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Hypertension

Hypertension, also known as high or raised blood pressure, is a condition in which the blood vessels have persistently raised pressure, putting them under increased stress. Each time the heart beats; it pumps blood into the vessels, which carry the blood throughout the body. Blood pressure is created by the force of blood pushing against the walls of blood vessels (arteries) as it is pumped by the heart. The higher the pressure, the harder the heart has to pump.
Normal adult blood pressure is defined as a blood pressure of 120 mm Hg when the heart beats (systolic) and a blood pressure of 80 mm Hg when the heart relaxes (diastolic). When systolic blood pressure is equal to or above 140 mm Hg and/or a diastolic blood pressure equal to or above 90 mm Hg the blood pressure is considered to be raised or high.
Most people with hypertension have no symptoms at all; this is why it is known as the “silent killer”. Sometimes hypertension causes symptoms such as headache, shortness of breath, dizziness, chest pain, palpitations of the heart and nose bleeds, but not always.

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Prevention & Treatment

Everyone can take five concrete steps to minimize the odds of developing high blood pressure and its adverse consequences.

• Healthy diet:
  • promoting a healthy lifestyle with emphasis on proper nutrition for infants and young people;
  • reducing salt intake to less than 5 g of salt per day (just under a teaspoon);
  • eating five servings of fruit and vegetables a day;
  • reducing saturated and total fat intake.
• Avoiding harmful use of alcohol i.e. limit intake to no more than one standard drink a day
• Physical activity:
  • regular physical activity and promotion of physical activity for children and young people (at least 30 minutes a day).
  • maintaining a normal weight: every 5 kg of excess weight lost can reduce systolic blood pressure by 2 to 10 points.
• Stopping tobacco use and exposure to tobacco products
• Managing stress in healthy way such as through meditation, appropriate physical exercise, and positive social contact.

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Hypertension & Nepal

• Adult risk factors: Raised blood pressure (2008): Male (23.3%) Female (24.9%) Total (24.2%) Source:  World Health Organization – Noncommunicable Diseases (NCD) Country Profiles , 2014.
• According to the latest WHO data published in 2017 Hypertension Deaths in Nepal reached 2,925 or 1.79% of total deaths. The age adjusted Death Rate is 14.98 per 100,000 of population ranks Nepal #80 in the world. Review other causes of death by clicking the links below or choose the full health profile. Source: http://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/nepal-hypertension 

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