Hypertension is thought to be responsible for 62% of strokes.
A blood pressure test is the only way to know if blood pressure is too high.Įach year, hypertension is responsible for around 10 million deaths worldwide.
Hypertension is known as the “silent killer” because despite there often being no signs or symptoms, it can lead to serious cardiovascular disease. 5 In these subjects, hypertension is very common. In France we count 150,000 deaths from cardiovascular complications. Other complications can include heart failure, peripheral vascular disease, renal impairment, retinal hemorrhage, and visual impairment. Moreover, hypertension is the leading risk factor for heart disease and stroke. In 2019, an estimated 20 million people were suffering from hypertension in France 4 and this figure is expected to increase. With an estimated 1.2 billion sufferers 2 in the world, hypertension is the leading cause of mortality.
This year the message is even more crucial as hypertension has been identified as an aggravating factor in Covid-19 patients, and fewer patients have been able to be diagnosed due to greater difficulties in accessing their HCPs. Paris, France, April 30 th, 2021 – Servier, an international pharmaceutical group, will launch on May 1 st, in collaboration with the May Measurement Month, an initiative run by the International Society of Hypertension (ISH), and for the third year “Because I say so.” This worldwide campaign aims to raise public awareness about the importance of having blood pressure checked. Hypertension was identified as one of the main factors in the occurrence of more severe symptoms in patients with Covid-19.Only one in two people with high blood pressure are aware they have it, making regular blood pressure checks vitally important.Hypertension is the leading cause of mortality, responsible for around 10 million deaths worldwide per year.
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