No doubt, huge numbers of people are suffering from hypertension and blood pressure all over the world. Hence every person needs to be aware of hypertension and take necessary care before getting attacked by this disease. On this, National High Blood Pressure Education Month, Dr. Benny Jose took participate in spreading the awareness and giving education on high blood pressure
The month of May is known as the blood pressure awareness month. This awareness is not only for those who are suffering from this disease, but also this awareness is for all. Many are there who don’t know that they have hypertension, and such negligence can lead to severe heart problems. Therefore, May month is considered as the blood pressure awareness month, and everyone will get a significant opportunity to learn more about this disease.
It is important for everyone to his or her blood pressure level. There are two measurements to check the blood pressure; one is systolic pressure, and another is diastolic pressure. Systolic pressure, the upper number, measures the pressure in the arteries when the heart beats. The lower number denotes diastolic pressure, which measures the pressure amid your heartbeats. The normal blood pressure normal for all adults is 120/80.
What to observe:
In this month of May, get your blood checked once. After that, either you can check it fixing an appointment with your physician, or you can simply visit a pharmaceutical to check your blood pressure. If you notice elevated blood pressure, you need to visit a physician for a check-up. A rise in blood pressure may be due to lifestyle or the effect of medications.
At present, we are passing through a tough situation due to the Covid-19 pandemic. People having hypertension are more prone to get attacked by Covid-19 than others. Hence, doctors specially mention that everyone should understand details about high blood pressure, its causes, and treatments related to it. The more you learn about hypertension, the higher you will be safe from the deadly coronavirus.
About Dr. Benny Jose –
Dr. Benny Jose has a cumulative of 13 years of experience in treating cardiac ailments. He has gained the majority of his experience by working as a senior faculty in Asia’s largest cardiology institute, the U. N. Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre (affiliated to B. J. Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat). With an experience of over 5000 interventional and triple that of diagnostic coronary procedures, his interventional skills are beyond question. The Interventional services that he extends include complex coronary interventions, including but not limited to the use of ancillary cutting edge technologies like Rotablation, Intravascular ultrasound, and optical coherence tomography assisted coronary interventions.
Beyond coronary interventions, he also routinely performs peripheral vascular interventions like that for occluded blood vessels of the limbs, aortic interventions, and carotid interventions
