A stroke patient came to the clinic and was told that it was caused by high blood pressure, he said: I don’t have high blood pressure. Again: Have you ever had your blood pressure measured? A: Never. Then how do you know you don’t have high blood pressure? A: I have never felt anything. It seems that the public still has a lot of misconceptions about hypertension. China’s epidemiological survey in 2002 showed that the prevalence of hypertension reached 18.8%, and it is estimated that there are 160 million hypertensive patients in the country, and now more than a decade later, the prevalence of hypertension is still on the rise. The most frightening thing is that some people have been suffering from hypertension for many years, because they never test their blood pressure, do not know they have hypertension, until the occurrence of stroke and other complications regret too late. This patient is a typical example, the awareness rate of hypertension patients in China is only 30.2%, only 24.7% of patients receiving treatment, and only 6.1% of those who can achieve the standard of hypertension through standardized treatment, which means that 93.9% of hypertensive patients are exposed to the risk of complications such as stroke because they do not have good control of blood pressure. Scary! The diagnosis of hypertension is not difficult, but it needs to be diagnosed by taking three blood pressure measurements at different times and taking the average of them, all with a systolic pressure over 140 mmHg or a diastolic pressure over 90 mmHg. For those who occasionally exceed the normal range, it is advisable to repeat the measurement periodically to confirm the diagnosis. The most important clinical examination step is to find the cause of hypertension, if there is no direct cause, then hypertensive disease can be diagnosed. It is important to measure blood pressure frequently, because blood pressure values are variable, so a normal blood pressure once or twice cannot be considered as no hypertension. Do you have high blood pressure? For the sake of your health and that of your family, we hope you will pay attention to your blood pressure and that of your family.