May Measurement Month (MMM), a global blood pressure awareness campaign launched by the International Society of Hypertension (ISH) in conjunction with the World Federation of Hypertension (WHL) and the Lancet Hypertension Commission (LCH), was launched during World Hypertension Day on 17 May. And the "#BecauseIsayso" public benefit campaign co-sponsored by China Hypertension Alliance and Shanghai Institute of Hypertension, led by Professor Wang Jiguang, Chairman of China Hypertension Alliance, and strongly supported by Shi Weya China, was launched in Beijing at the same time.
The "Voice for Love" project in more than 50 cities across the country, more than 300 enterprises, landmarks, hospitals, pharmacies for hypertension disease patient education and free diagnosis activities were also launched at the same time; Beijing Millennium Monument Hospital is also involved. On May 23, Wang Zuoyan, director of Beijing Millennium Temple Hospital, led a team of medical staff to carry out knowledge popularization and free clinic activities for hypertension patients and the public in the outpatient hall.
It is understood that in China, the prevalence of hypertension is 23.2% and gradually tends to be younger, the number of patients is expected to reach 270 million, an average of every four people have high blood pressure, but China's hypertension awareness rate, treatment rate and control rate is still at a low level.
Wang Zuoyan believes that the lack of awareness of hypertension and poor compliance with medication have become important factors affecting the treatment rate and control rate of hypertension. "Standardized blood pressure measurement is the prerequisite for correct diagnosis, treatment of hypertension and evaluation of efficacy, so that residents can know their blood pressure level, hypertensive patients know that they have hypertension, and hypertensive patients under treatment know their blood pressure control, is the main task of hypertension prevention and treatment, which cannot be separated from standardized blood pressure measurement," he said.
Wang Zuoyan reminds everyone that the standard blood pressure measurement has the necessary method, the family self-measurement of blood pressure should use the upper arm cuff type electronic blood pressure monitor, rather than the wrist blood pressure monitor, and the measurement should take a quiet rest for 5 minutes before the measurement, the cuff is moderately relaxed, the arm is level with the heart, the feet are flat on the ground, can not cross the legs, and empty urine. Measure three times, each interval of 2 minutes, take the average of the last two times.
