{"id":5252,"date":"2020-05-12T17:33:14","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T12:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mymedicplus.com\/news\/?p=5252"},"modified":"2021-03-31T00:36:18","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T19:06:18","slug":"covid-19-what-people-with-high-blood-pressure-must-know-from-diet-to-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedicplus.com\/blog\/covid-19-what-people-with-high-blood-pressure-must-know-from-diet-to-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: What people with high blood pressure must know, from diet to medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

source:- indianexpress<\/p>\n

Early studies surveying people with the novel\u00a0coronavirus\u00a0disease found that up to 30 per cent of them had hypertension, according to a report by\u00a0The Lancet<\/em>. So, how are hypertension and the risk of coronavirus related?<\/p>\n

\u201cHigh blood pressure in itself does not cause an increased susceptibility to coronavirus. But from what we have seen so far, about one-fourth to half of the\u00a0COVID-19\u00a0patients who had to be admitted had high blood pressure, among other ailments,\u201d Dr Nishith Chandra, cardiology, director-interventional cardiology, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute,<\/p>\n

He said, \u201cIt has been seen that a lot of patients of COVID-19 are asymptomatic or show minor symptoms, and get better. A person with high blood pressure or other heart diseases, who is exposed to the virus, however, is more likely to require hospitalisation or even ventilation, as opposed to infected patients without blood pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Any comorbidity or existing medical condition like\u00a0diabetes<\/strong>\u00a0or heart disease may result in a more severe impact of the virus on the body due to a weaker immune system. Those who have high blood pressure and are already on medication may have compromised immunity. Again, elderly people with coronary heart disease or high blood pressure are more susceptible to the virus.<\/p>\n

That said, people with high blood pressure should not be paranoid. \u201cHypertension is a very common condition, with nearly 30-40 per cent of the adult population in India suffering from it. The good news is hypertension can be easily controlled. One should ideally strictly\u00a0control blood pressure<\/strong>\u00a0during the\u00a0pandemic,\u201d the doctor advised. Here are some ways to do it.<\/p>\n

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