AS Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark this year’s World
Health Day, with the theme “High Blood Pressure”, the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, PSN, has cautioned against unrestrained consumption
of foods such as noodles which are high in salt content, and drugs such
as paracetamol that contain sodium, as a way of effectively addressing
risk factors for raised blood pressure or hypertension.
Giving the warning in a statement to mark the Day in Lagos,
President, PSN, Pharm. Olumide Akintayo said: “The risk of developing
high blood pressure can be reduced by reducing salt intake, eating a balanced diet,
avoiding harmful use of alcohol, taking regular physical activity, maintaining a healthy body weight, and avoiding tobacco use.”
Hypertension as a silent, invisible killer that rarely causes symptoms, but increases the risk of heart attacks, strokes, kidney failure and one which left uncontrolled, can also cause blindness, irregularities of the heartbeat and heart failure.
Blood pressure measurement of 140/90mmHg and above is regarded as
high blood pressure. Hypertension already affects one billion people
worldwide and kills nine million people every year. Prevalence is highest in some low-income countries in Africa, with over 40 percent of adults in many African countries thought to be affected.
worldwide and kills nine million people every year. Prevalence is highest in some low-income countries in Africa, with over 40 percent of adults in many African countries thought to be affected.
World Health Day is celebrated April 7 each year to mark the anniversary of the founding of World Health Organisation, WHO, in
1948.
Source: Vanguard.
HBC: Shay una hear...Inodomi witches dem... Indomi for breakslow, Indomi for lunch and guess whats for diner?*wide girn*
I stopped takin noodles coz of its high content of cholesterol but reverted. With this, I'v put an end to it. Its bin a while since I last took PCM.
ReplyDelete@ sadiq, Whats PCM again?...u will soon revert OooO d tin is addictive...lolz
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