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Data compiled by the Covid-19 Handling Task Force in October 2020, of the total cases confirmed positive for Covid-19, 1,488 patients were recorded as having comorbidities. Where the highest percentage of them was hypertension by 50.5%, followed by Diabetes Mellitus. (Read: Read This Prayer Before Prayer, Satan Will Escape)
Meanwhile, from 1,488 cases of patients who died, it was found that 13.2% had hypertension, 11.6% had Diabetes Mellitus and 7.7% had heart disease. The high number of Covid-19 cases in hypertensive comorbidities has encouraged people to maintain blood pressure by monitoring it regularly so that it can be controlled.
The American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines note that people with high blood pressure are at a greater risk of developing complications if they are infected with the Covid-19 virus.
Moreover, the data on the findings of Covid-19 patients who died in Indonesia also showed that most people had hypertension, followed by other comorbidities such as diabetes and heart disease. Unfortunately, until now, awareness of hypertension and awareness of its prevention and treatment in Indonesia is still low. There are still many hypertension sufferers who do not realize that they have hypertension so they do not get treatment.
Riskesdas 2018 recorded that as many as 63 million people or 34.1% of the population in Indonesia suffer from hypertension. Of the hypertension population, only 8.8% were diagnosed with hypertension and only 54.4% of those diagnosed with hypertension routinely took medication. Dr. Tunggul D. Situmorang, Sp.PD-KGH, FINASIM, President of the Indonesian Society of Hypertension (InaSH) or the Doctors Association Hypertension (PERHI) said that hypertension is a global health problem that results in increased morbidity and mortality and health costs. (Read also: UIN Jakarta Established Halal Study Center)
“Hypertension is asymptomatic (silent killer) and damages important organs including the brain, heart, kidneys, large blood vessels to small blood vessels,” said dr. Stump. Therefore, he emphasized that during the Covid-19 Pandemic like now the community should be more concerned about regularly carrying out Home Blood Pressure Checks (PTDR) and if hypertensive patients appear early symptoms of Covid-19 such as increased body temperature, shortness of breath, coughing. dry etc., immediately consult a doctor.
The management of hypertension is also intended to be detected as early as possible, controlled, and can prevent complications in the future. But keep in mind, hypertension alone, will slowly but surely cause complications of structural and functional damage to blood vessels and also terminal organs (eyes, brain, heart, kidneys). This is known as Hypertension-Mediated Organ Damage (HMOD).
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