Post-Covid: Rise in high BP cases among youths
HYDERABAD: On the World Hypertension Day on May 17, doctors say they have seen a rise in hypertension cases, especially among younger people, from working as a home to sedentary lifestyles.
The condition, referred to as high blood pressure, is higher than usual in the artery walls.
Consultant cardiologist at KIMS Hospital Dr Sadiq Azam said that post-Covid, the hospital was now receiving up to four young hypertension patients every month, in contrast to just one out of every two.
months earlier.
“We are not a good number of people in their early 30s suffering any secondary cause of hypertension. After this trend has increased, many of them have stayed home, put on weight, did not exercise, and have access to food delivery platforms, ”Dr Azam said.
He added that people with obstructive sleep apnea, a sleep disorder in which the patient’s breathing becomes irregular.
Obese people are more at risk. It could lead to hypertension.
Consultant physician at Yashoda Hospitals Dr K. Seshi Kiran said that the hypothesis of actual figures could be 10-15 per cent more than those projected.
The latest findings of the National Family and Health Survey (NFHS) – 5
reveal that 31.4 per cent of males and 26.1 per cent females in Telangana suffer from this health hazard.
Dr Kiran said that while hypertension was found to be the most common comorbidities associated with Covid and almost 35 per cent of patients with Covid were found to have hypertension, no direct
Covid after increase in hypertension.
