World Hypertension Day ｜ Are more and more young people suffering from hypertension？ Beware of high blood pressure ＂will be invisible＂

CCTV News:When it comes to hypertension, many people used to think that it was a geriatric disease, but now the incidence of hypertension is obviously younger. The survey shows that in China, the prevalence rate of hypertension reaches 15% among people aged 35 to 44. Why are more and more young people suffering from high blood pressure?

Hypertension has obvious genetic tendency. According to research, if both parents have hypertension or one parent has hypertension, the incidence of children is 46% and 24%. When there are genetic factors, if we don’t pay attention to the influence of environmental diet on blood pressure, it will lead to hypertension.

Jiang Xiongjing, Deputy Director of Vascular Center of Fuwai Hospital of China Academy of Medical Sciences:Nowadays, young people, for example, have a lot of work pressure and rich nightlife, or their diet is unhealthy. Originally, their parents had high blood pressure, and he (originally) might get sick in his fifties and sixties, and he might start to get sick in his thirties.

Experts remind that high-salt diet, long-term excessive drinking, smoking, obesity, lack of physical activity, long-term mental stress and poor sleep are all high-risk groups of hypertension, and blood pressure should be measured frequently.

Jiang Xiongjing, Deputy Director of Vascular Center of Fuwai Hospital of China Academy of Medical Sciences:Young people’s hypertension really can’t come down after being discovered, so they should take medicine as soon as possible. This will protect his cardiovascular system, that is, let him not suffer from more serious diseases, such as myocardial infarction, stroke and aortic rupture, which can be avoided as much as possible.