High blood pressure should not be ignored. It can lead to serious health problems such as heart attack, stroke, chronic kidney diseases and more, said Dr Smit Srivastava, Head of the Department, Cardiology at Advance Cardiac Institute, on Wednesday.
He was addressing an event on World Hypertension Day, celebrated every year on May 17, at the medicine department of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Memorial Medical College Hospital, Raipur.
Dr Srivastava asked people to check blood pressure regularly and not to smoke or consume caffeine. He said a healthy lifestyle must be maintained to control the body weight. Hypertension can be avoided by taking a little care.
Dr. C.K. Das gave detailed information about blood pressure and its measurement method, equipment and parameters.