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As Nigeria joined the world to mark this year’s World Hypertension Day, which took place during the week, a manufacturer of medical equipment for health monitoring and therapy, Omron, has advised Nigerians on moderating salt intake and monitoring their blood pressure regularly.
To commemorate the day, an associate professor at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Dr. Amam Mbakwem, had said that every Nigerian should be at alert because the number of people with hypertension is increasing daily.
She also said that more black people have hypertension than the whites because the blacks tend to take too much salt.
She said, “We tend to consume more salt because of our climate. We sweat a lot and so we require more salt to balance up. But once too much salt is in the system, it triggers high blood pressure.
“Hypertension is one subject every Nigerian should be aware of because the numbers are increasing in our nation. About fifteen to twenty years ago, the statistics was about 11 per cent of Nigerian adults that had hypertension. These days, we are looking at figures over 30 per cent.”
Commenting on this development, the Country Manager for Omron Healthcare Nigeria, Olugbenga Abiodun, said that what is more worrisome is that most of these Nigerians are unaware of their blood pressure levels or numbers.
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