Today (Tuesday), the Ministry of Health launched an awareness campaign about high blood pressure, and ways to prevent it, by maintaining a healthy weight and avoiding smoking.
The campaign, which was launched through the awareness platforms of the Ministry of Health, “Live Healthy”, came under the slogan “Know your numbers”, confirming that 46% of adults with high blood pressure do not realize that they have it.
She stressed that high blood pressure does not show any warning signs or symptoms, stressing the importance of getting enough hours of sleep, and exercising regularly, to reduce the symptoms and health problems of high blood pressure.
She added that the disease increases the effort of pumping blood on the heart and blood vessels, which exposes the risk of disease, stressing the importance of knowing blood pressure to determine the vital indicators of the body, and to obtain a clear picture of the disease of high blood pressure about the health status, as well as to control blood pressure levels and avoid the causes. Height.