Liputan6.com, Jakarta According to Basic Health Research (Riskesdas) 2018, prevalence hypertension increasing among millennials. even though hypertension is a risk factor for coronary heart disease.
Cardiologist and blood vessel specialist Dr. Badai Bhatara Tiksnadi, SpJP(K), MM, FIHA said hypertension increases the risk of coronary heart disease by two times, the risk of heart failure 1.5 times and stroke 2.6 times.
“We have to grow self-awareness to do health checks, take blood pressure measurements regularly, and prevent and control hypertension by modifying lifestyles such as diligently exercising and limiting salt intake,” said Badai who is also a staff in the prevention and rehabilitation division, cardiology department and vascular medicine, FK Unpad in a virtual media briefing entitled Hypertension, COVID-19 and Millennials, Thursday (3/6/2021).
According to Badai, millennial hypertension can be influenced by several factors such as an inactive lifestyle, stress, technological advances that make a person immobile and anxiety about COVID-19 which interferes with mental health. Not to mention that hypertension is a major comorbid in patients with COVID-19.
Data compiled by the COVID-19 Handling Task Force as of June 1, 2021, shows the top three highest comorbidities found in COVID-19 patients.
“COVID-19 is a disease that easily attacks people with weak immune systems. Meanwhile hypertension especially chronic conditions will weaken the immune system. This causes the body to be unable to deal with viral infections and eventually becomes infected with COVID-19,” explained Hurricane.
“Patients with uncontrolled or untreated blood pressure are at risk for severe COVID-19 infection and complications (compared to drug-controlled),” he added.
The importance of measuring blood pressure regularly
According to the Chairperson of the Indonesian Heart Foundation, Esti Nurjadin, the Indonesian Heart Foundation (YJI) the increase in the prevalence of non-communicable diseases such as hypertension and heart disease is closely related to patterns or lifestyles, including smoking, consumption of alcoholic beverages, low physical activity, low consumption of healthy foods such as vegetables. and fruit, as well as high consumption of sugar, salt and fat.
“The most important thing apart from avoiding an unhealthy lifestyle is that we also measure blood pressure regularly so that it can prevent or at least control hypertension,” he said.
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