“Killer” threatens young people from the habit of “rice and porridge in the market”

May 18, 2022 14:11 GMT+7

Mr. Le Huu Hai (Hoang Mai, Hanoi) recently found that his health was poor, and he was often nervous. When the sun came up, he saw that he was tired, so he went to check. Doctors diagnosed him with thickened pericardium, high blood pressure. The 34-year-old Hai himself does not think he has a disease that can cause a stroke at any time.

Reviewing the patient’s living habits, the doctor was also surprised that Mr. Hai had almost no exercise. Houses in apartments, going to work and offices are also located in the apartment, and you can travel by elevator and car. Very little walking time. Meals ¾ are eaten at restaurants and bars, not home cooked meals, which contributes to early hypertension.

The case of Nguyen Thuy Van (Ha Dong, Hanoi) is only 27 years old, recently in a medical examination by the company, Van was startled when the doctor said she had high blood pressure. Van’s blood pressure is up to 156/90mmhg.

When asked by the doctor, Van said that every day he went to work from morning to night, he hardly moved. Van’s job is to make documents and check bidding documents, so it is very stressful. Almost 3 meals a day are left to the restaurant without having time to cook for themselves. The doctor said that she had high blood pressure. Van didn’t believe it at first, but after 3 visits, this index did not change.

Prof. Truong Quang Binh – Deputy Director of University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City – Director of the Cardiovascular Center of this hospital said that many young people go for a general health check-up and accidentally discover they have high blood pressure. This disease used to only affect people over 65 years old, but now all adults are at risk.

According to Professor Binh, currently people under 55, under 45 years old have increased blood pressure. Studies have shown an increased rate of hypertension. Hypertension is no longer a disease of the elderly, but it can be more common at a younger age, from 35 to 44 years old, even less than 35 years old.

“Killer” threatens young people from the habit of “rice and porridge in the market”

The causes of high blood pressure depend a lot on your lifestyle. For example, a high-salt diet, family history of high blood pressure, sedentary lifestyle, inactivity, obesity, overweight, heavy drinking. In particular, a life of stress and anxiety also increases blood pressure.

As the rate of urbanization increases, people with high blood pressure also increase. People go to the doctor to check their blood lipids, which increases a lot, leading to high blood pressure… all of these factors affect the condition of high blood pressure, which is getting younger and younger.

Professor Binh said hypertension has few symptoms, 80% of people with this disease have no symptoms, even people feel better, their skin is redder, but some people will have occipital headaches when they wake up, transient weakness in their limbs. , dizziness, dizziness, flies flying through the eyes …

However, Prof. Binh said that you can’t rely on symptoms to check for high blood pressure, but you should check your health periodically to measure blood pressure and detect whether you have high blood pressure. It’s best to remember your blood pressure readings like your age.

When blood pressure is not diagnosed and treated appropriately, the risk of complications can occur.
It is found that currently only 50% of patients are detected and only ½ of them receive standard treatment, ¼ of which are properly treated. In recent years, this rate has increased, but only about 25 – 30% of patients are controlled.

High blood pressure can complicate myocardial infarction, heart failure, stroke, kidney failure … affecting patients and their own lives, even the cost of treatment is also very large.

GS Binh recommends that to prevent high blood pressure, it is best to limit salty foods. Because, salt enters the blood to increase the circulating volume, the amount of blood will be more in that volume, salt infiltrates the vessel wall causing vasoconstriction, so the amount of blood is more, the blood vessel constricts, increasing the vessel wall.

Exercising regularly because of a sedentary lifestyle affects the walls of our blood vessels. If we do not exercise, the walls of the arteries become calcified, causing an increase in blood pressure.

If you are obese, eating a lot of fat is also a risk factor for high blood pressure. With a life of eating a lot of fast food, eating at restaurants all day, this is what causes this “killer” disease.

K.Chi