Nearly 30% of people over 15 years old have hypertension

 The reporter learned from the provincial CDC that the number of hypertensive patients in China has reached 160 million. According to the population of our province in 2000, the number of patients with hypertension in our province is as high as 1975 million.

On the morning of the 8th National Hypertension Publicity Day, the provincial CDC organized relevant departments to hold a free consultation on hypertension in Hualian square, the provincial capital. According to the staff of the Institute of chronic diseases of Shandong Center for disease control, the results of the survey on nutrition and health status of residents in seven counties and districts of Shandong Province in 2002 showed that the prevalence rate of hypertension among residents over 15 years old was 27.49%, higher than the national average level. According to the population of our province in 2000, the number of patients with hypertension in our province is 19.75 million. In the past few decades, the estimated number of adults with high blood pressure in China has increased from 30 million in 1960 to 160 million at present, and another 1.5 million people die of stroke and other diseases caused by high blood pressure every year. Among them, smoking, drinking and other bad habits become the "culprit".

According to Liu, director of Cardiology Department of provincial hospital, in addition to genetic reasons, long-term drinking, smoking, mental stress, lack of exercise, intake of salt and animal fat are the main causes of hypertension. Hypertension, which usually seems to be "not in the way of the overall situation", will lead to cerebrovascular, heart, kidney and other major diseases if it is allowed to develop without treatment.

In the interview, the reporter also found that many patients with high blood pressure are very "resistant" to antihypertensive drugs. They don't take antihypertensive drugs when their blood pressure is not high or they don't feel comfortable, but take excessive drugs once they feel uncomfortable. Experts remind that the current hypertension can not be cured, can only be controlled, such medication can only cause greater hidden danger. The main cause of blood pressure fluctuation is not taking medicine on time or forgetting to take medicine. High and low blood pressure is more likely to cause vascular disease, blood vessel rupture and bleeding, leading to acute heart disease, stroke and even sudden death. Therefore, the prevention and treatment of hypertension must ensure a healthy lifestyle, and patients with hypertension should regularly take drugs to treat hypertension, in order to achieve the purpose of controlling blood pressure.