Hypertension Day 2022, InaSH Explains Hypertension Preventions

VIVA – Today on May 17 is the day of World Hypertension. InaSH or Indonesian Society of Hypertension celebrates this day with the virtual conference press held via Zoom on May 17, 2022. In this event, InaSH explains how to control hypertension risk.

Hypertension or high blood pressure is a common condition in which the long-term force of the blood against artery walls is high enough that it may cause health problems, such as heart disease, cholesterol, or etc.

These virtual conferences press has the same theme as previous years, namely “Meausre Your Blood Pressure, Control It, Live Longer”. This event was hosted by Eugenia Siahaan as Moderator and consisted of some speakers, such as dr Erwinanto, as Chairman of InaSH, dr Eka Harmeiwaty as Deputy Chairman of InaSH, and dr Djoko Wibisono as Secretary general of InaSH.

First, Erwianto explained about the tools commonly used to measure hypertension.

“The following are the tools used to check blood pressure, namely Aneroid and Oscillometric. Aneroid is a tool for measuring blood pressure manually. If Oscillometric is a digital blood pressure measurement tool. It is simpler to use.” said Erwianto. 

He also said that it’s better not to use mercury for checking a blood pressure, because mercury can pollute or damage the earth.

According to him, many patients with hypertension usually like to do their own checks at home. This is commonly known as White-coat Hypertension or locally known as Hypertension "jas putih". The white-coat Hypertension is a blood pressure that is elevated in the clinic but normal when measured outside the clinic using "ambulatory blood pressure monitoring".

“Blood pressure must be controlled because hypertension is a burden on the brain and kidneys. At the people level, hypertension costs a lot of money.” He added.

Second, Eka Harmeiwaty explained about Hypertension Prevention and Detection with PTDR (Measuring Blood Pressure from Home).