Approximately 30% of Mexico’s population suffers from hypertension, 95% of which are due to bad habits, many of them associated with the growing dependence on technology.<\/p>\n
\u201cArteries expand and contract to ensure adequate blood flow, when blood pressure increases, it is called arterial hypertension causing damages”.<\/p>\n
\u201cHypertension should not be underestimated, one in five people know they have it\u201d, explained Mario Benavides Gonz\u00e1lez, chief of cardiology at Hospital Universitario \u201cDr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez\u201d.<\/p>\n
Hypertension is a chronic cardiovascular degenerative disease that causes more than 50 thousand deaths a year in Mexico.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe patient goes to the doctor by chance or when it is too late and there is an irreversible damage\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople should have their blood pressure checked every time they go to the doctor\u201d.<\/p>\n
Hypertension is the most common health problem in the world.\u00a0The older a person gets, they are more susceptible to hypertension. This increases with age, a 10% every ten years.<\/p>\n
Mario Benavides said that the addiction to technological devices affects the increase of cases of hypertension in infants and young people.<\/p>\n
Lack of physical activity encourages diseases such as obesity and chronic illnesses. Children don’t play outside anymore, this also increases risk factors.<\/p>\n
\u201cTherefore playing video games and using social media will eventually produce anxiety. A permanent state of stress will lead into suffering from hypertension\u201d.<\/p>\n
During the world hypertension day which is celebrated on 17 May, the specialists says that, in 10 years time people will be suffering the consequences of the excessive use of electronic devices.<\/p>\n
Causes associated with primary hypertension (95% of the cases):<\/p>\n
Patients with elevated blood pressure will often suffer from:<\/p>\n
Approximately 30% of Mexico’s population suffers from hypertension, 95% of which are due to bad habits, many of them associated with the growing dependence on technology. \u201cArteries expand and contract to ensure adequate blood flow, when blood pressure increases, it is called arterial hypertension causing damages”. \u201cHypertension should not be underestimated, one in five people […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":158,"featured_media":47103,"template":"","tags":[9324,9886,9340,10445,9325,9887,9323,9329,9326,9328,9327,9888],"class_list":["post-51134","noticias","type-noticias","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-blood-pressure","tag-dia-mundial-de-la-hipertension-en","tag-diabetes-en","tag-facultad-de-medicina-en","tag-high-blood-pressure","tag-hipertension-en-mexico-en","tag-hypertension","tag-hypertension-and-technology","tag-hypertension-in-young-adults","tag-obesity","tag-research-hypertension","tag-uanl-en-2","noticia-category-health"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n