National Medical Forum launches National Hypertension Screening Research Program, Join Now
Hypertension is one of the most common lifestyle diseases today, with one in every 3 people in the world, suffering from it. Currently, estimates put the incidence of hypertension to 20 to 40% in urban areas and 12 to 17% in rural areas of India. Hypertension has been increasing consistently and is likely to assume epidemic proportion.
Hypertesion is called a Silent Killer because most of the times there are no symptoms in patients of High Blood Pressure and patients usually report to attending doctors with symptoms of complications of High Blood Pressure ( and not hypertension itself), which include HEART ATTACK, STROKE, KIDNEY FAILURE and damage to RETINA (retinopathy). Therefore, it is important that every normal individual should get his blood pressure checked up and recorded in order to know whether he is suffering from the disease or not. These include even younger healthy individuals especially if they have a family history of the disease
In a developing country like India where patients do not have regular contact with the health service a, mass screening program of blood pressure is important to randomly screen and diagnose fresh cases of Hypertension.While in developed countries, hypertension screening is a part of medical examination, special efforts need to made to create awareness, both among doctors and patients, to make it an integral part of every examination. Keeping this in mind National Medical Forum, a 15 year old organisation aimed at promoting inclusive health in the country has launched National Hypertension Screening Research Program inviting participation from doctors all over the country to participate and screen patients for the entire month.
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