May 17 is the 13th World Hypertension Day, and this year’s theme remains “Know Your Blood Pressure”. World Hypertension Day has been celebrated by the World Hypertension League since 2006, and for five years from 2013 to 2018, the theme has been “Know Your Blood Pressure,” with the goal of raising awareness of hypertension among the global population. Currently, hypertension is the number one risk factor for cardiovascular disease and one of the leading causes of death from disease worldwide. In China, up to 50% of cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, and diabetes patients die from hypertension, and there are 10 million new cases of hypertension each year, and now the number of hypertensive patients has reached 300 million nationwide. According to the “three rates” of hypertension in China, published by the People’s Health Publishing House in November 2015 and compiled by the Bureau of Disease Prevention and Control of the National Health Planning Commission, the prevalence of hypertension among adults aged 18 and above was 25.2% in 2012, and the awareness rate of hypertension was 46.5% and the treatment rate was 46.5%. 46.5%, the treatment rate was 41.1%, the control rate was 13.8%, and the treatment control rate was 33.6%. Overall, the “three rates” of hypertension in China have improved substantially in the past decade or so, and significant results have been achieved in the prevention and treatment of hypertension, but with the acceleration of aging, the situation of hypertension prevention and treatment in China is still very serious. Hypertension “invisible killer” – the most damage “heart” waste “brain” Hypertension is a chronic disease with arterial blood pressure rising continuously as the main manifestation, often Caused by the heart, brain, kidney and other important organs of the pathology and the corresponding consequences, and he most hurt “heart” waste “brain”. 1, sad: long-term hypertension can contribute to the formation and development of atherosclerosis. Coronary atherosclerosis will block or narrow the lumen of the blood vessels, or due to functional changes in the coronary arteries and lead to myocardial ischemia and hypoxia, necrosis and coronary heart disease. The risk of coronary heart disease in patients with hypertension is two times higher than normal, and fifty percent of those with long-term untreated hypertension will die from coronary heart disease. Hypertension also causes hypertrophy and enlargement of the left ventricle of the heart, cardiomyocyte hypertrophy and interstitial fibrosis, resulting in hypertensive heart disease, which slowly affects heart function and causes heart failure. Epidemiological studies have shown that 40 to 50 percent of heart failure is due to hypertension. The higher the blood pressure, and no treatment, the greater the possibility of developing into heart failure. 2, waste brain: China’s annual death from stroke and hypertension comorbidity in more than 1.5 million people, disabled millions of people. Stroke is a cerebrovascular accident, including cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral thrombosis, cerebral infarction, transient ischemic attack, the disease is fierce, and the death rate is extremely high, even if not fatal, most of them will be disabled, bringing a heavy burden to patients and families. Prevention of hypertension from daily life Although the consequences of hypertension is terrible, but it is a preventable and treatable disease, active and effective prevention and control of hypertension, can effectively prevent and curb the occurrence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and good lifestyle is the primary means of prevention.” So how should you prevent hypertension in your life? In fact, many friends are potential hypertensive people, if life does not pay attention to small details, then it is easy to induce hypertension, today to give you an inventory of ways to prevent hypertension. 1, reasonable diet control salt intake, the residents of China around the sodium intake are significantly higher than the current World Health Organization should be less than 6 grams per day recommended. 2, moderate exercise to aerobic metabolic exercise such as walking, jogging, swimming, cycling, hiking, ball games, gymnastics, etc., each according to their own situation to choose, cardiovascular disease, please follow medical advice. 3, quit smoking and limit alcohol Some studies show that when smoking less than 5 cigarettes / day, the relative risk of smoking will be reduced, so if smokers can not completely quit smoking, should reduce the amount of smoking to less than 5 cigarettes per day. Alcohol is different from tobacco, alcohol has a two-way effect on cardiovascular, can drink a small amount of alcohol or follow medical advice. 4, psychological balance Many studies have shown that: all health care measures, psychological balance is the most critical one. Maintain a good happy state of mind can antagonize almost all other internal and external adverse factors.