MOSCOW, 18 Sep. Doctor and TV presenter Alexander Myasnikov spoke on the air of the TV channel «Russia 1» about the most common mistakes of people suffering from hypertension. According to the specialist, he himself has been living with this syndrome for 30 years. Most people with such a diagnosis choose diametrically opposite strategies of behavior: either they try not to pay attention to it at all, or, on the contrary, they are overly addicted to restrictions, the doctor noted.
Myasnikov called diseases that «it is better not to touch» «The most dangerous thing in hypertension is a dumb killer. You don't feel anything. <...>. The most malignant hypertension is in young children, this is always an accidental find for them,» Myasnikov emphasized Another, no less serious mistake in such a disease, the doctor considers a situation when a person gets too hung up on a problem and begins to measure blood pressure every 15 minutes, to take various medications. In addition, such people refuse, in particular, from visiting a bathhouse and a more active lifestyle. The specialist assured that such an attitude towards hypertension will in no way benefit health and it is necessary to look for a middle ground. “According to statistics, 40 percent of hypertensive patients in the world, it turns out, every second patient? no, on the other hand , hypertension is all heart attacks, strokes, kidney disease, blindness. This is all uncontrolled hypertension. <...> Therefore, assess the situation soberly, «the doctor said, adding that you need not to measure your blood pressure» every second «, but visit a doctor every three months and train your cardiovascular system. Hypertension is a syndrome of high blood pressure. experts, this often dangerous condition affects 1.28 billion people in the world aged 30-79 years.
Over the past 30 years, the number of patients with hypertension has doubled
