Bokeria named the growth factors of the number of people with high blood pressure

The increase in the number of Russians with high blood pressure is associated with an increase in the country's population and late access to medical care. This was announced on January 11 by Leo Bokeria, Chief freelance specialist of cardiovascular Surgery at the Russian Ministry of Health, President of the Bakulev National Research Medical Center and the National Health League, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

"This is a natural process. Firstly, the population has increased. Secondly, many people do not go to the clinic, so we somehow launched this process," explained Bokeria, answering a question from TASS about the reasons for the increase in the number of people with high blood pressure.

He also noted that women are more likely to monitor their health than men, and that family attention to their husband's condition helps to identify problems in time.

"Every woman should understand that to a very large extent the state of the family depends on the health of her husband. Husband and wife should be one. The question: "how do you feel?" The morning should start, because attention is of great importance here," the academician added.

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Doctors told us what causes people to have hypertension and what to do if they are caught off guard by an attack.

Earlier, on January 2, it was reported that hypertension is not an inevitable diagnosis and its development can be minimized. Doctor Denis Prokofiev noted that a healthy lifestyle, weight control and giving up bad habits reduce the risks. Episodes of high blood pressure in humans are often associated with stress, weather, salty food, alcohol and smoking, and if the provoking factors are eliminated, they can be avoided. The sooner a person identifies the causes of high blood pressure, the more likely it is to reverse the process.

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