• April 19, 2024

According to reports in informative portals and social networks, the former head of government of Mexico City, Andrés Manuel López Obrador , he entered the coronary unit of the hospital South Medical due to blood pressure problems, there was even talk of a heart attack.

Jesús Zambrano , the national leader of PRD , neither confirmed nor denied: "I know the same version as you", while Alejandro Encinas, PRD senator, commented that nothing happened to López Obrador . However the cardiologist Patricio Ortiz revealed that AMLO He entered the hospital with an acute myocardial infarction, so he underwent a cardiac catheterization and is now stable.

Data of the Ministry of Health (SSa) They define blood pressure as the force exerted by the blood in the arterial walls thanks to the "pumping" of the heart, the blood volume and the resistance of the arteries. About this in GetQoralHealth and with data from the SSa we present the following information.

5 things you should know about blood pressure

1. 28% of women and 37.5% of men between 20 and 60 years of age suffer from high blood pressure.

2. 60% of people with hypertension are unaware of having it; because it is a disease that lacks "clear" symptoms.

3. Excess weight, high salt intake, smoking, alcoholism and stress are predisposing factors to arterial health problems.

4. After 20 years, blood pressure should be measured at least once a year.

5. High blood pressure is also known as "the silent killer", due to mild, nonspecific but insidious symptoms.

Although there is a high proportion of people affected by high blood pressure the lack of information makes many unaware that it is a controllable disease; and that with a healthy lifestyle you can achieve well-being.

It manages the version that was the same César Yáñez , spokesperson for AMLO , who would confirm the admission, and who reported a press conference at 2:00 p.m. with the presence of physicians and family members where the state of health of AMLO .
 

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