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Introduction
High blood pressure na common health condition when they affect people of different age groups worldwide. Sometimes, them they call High blood pressure “silent killer” because e fit nor show with symptoms, this one go come make am difficult for people to know say them get am and make them start to treat am quick .
How common high blood pressure be?
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), about 1.28 billion adults when they between the age of 30-79 years worldwide get high blood pressure.
This one mean say about 1 out of every 4 adults get high blood pressure! Nor assume say your blood pressure they normal if you they under 40, because as many as 1 in 8 people between the ages of 20-40 get high blood pressure.
Even this number don they expected to rise due to increase for inactive lifestyles, unhealthy diets, smoking, and alcohol consumption among young people.
Most people with high blood pressure they stay for countries like Nigeria, them nor they stay in developed countries. You don check your blood pressure lately?
Why you need treat or avoid high blood pressure?
People with high blood pressure they at increased risk of complications, like heart attack, stroke, and kidney failure.
Wetin you go do to prevent high blood pressure?
Early detection and early treatment they important to avoid these complications. Every adult supposed do regular blood pressure checks. Lifestyle modifications sef like make e they eat balanced diet, participate for regular physical activities, maintain healthy weight, limit salt and alcohol intake, and avoid to they smoke all these ones go help reduce the risk of high blood pressure.
Promoting awareness of high blood pressure and em possible complications fit increase the number of people when go take up these healthy activities and reduce the how people take they get high blood pressure.
Conclusion
High blood pressure don they more common due to lifestyles changes . 1 in 4 adults they get high blood pressure, and the number go still increase. E they important to take steps for prevention, early detection, and early treatment.