Among the activities planned in the province of in Holguin to celebrate the World Arterial Hypertension Day, May 17, it is include the Second Multidisciplinary Symposium on Arterial Hypertension. In this opportunity will be given the recognition granted by the Holguin Chapter of the Cuban Society of Cardiology, as “Master(s) of Cardiology, ” to nine medical professionals.
Reyber Jesús Domínguez Pérez, president of this chapter, explained that the event will be held at the theater of the Teaching Hospital Vladimir Ilich Lenin, where once again a space will be dedicated to discuss about one of the main causes of premature death and once again they will talk about one of the main causes of in the world. We are facing a condition that is estimated to affect more than 1.2 billion adults worldwide.
Thus, specialists, residents, nursing graduates and students have been invited to participate in both classroom and virtual modalities, where about ten keynote lectures are planned.
Among the renowned specialists who will give lectures in the event stand out Drs. Anelia Rojas Pérez, Mildred Yaniela Brizuela Noguera, Rolando Carlos Batista, Lázaro Ibrain Cobiellas Carballo, Wilber Jesús Riverón Carralero, Roberto Carlos Tejeda González, Juan Carlos Baster Moro and Reyber Jesús Domínguez Pérez.
This symposium has also the co-sponsorship of the Holguín Chapters of the Cuban Societies of Nephrology, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Pharmacology, Family Medicine, the Provincial Coordinating Group of Non-Communicable Diseases, the Coordinating Group of Non-Communicable Diseases and the University of Medical Sciences of Holguin.
Conceived under the slogan: “Arterial hypertension, Unprecedented pandemic: Joining efforts against the common enemy”, this event aims at increasing the knowledge and perception of health personnel and the population about this disease, as well as the consequences it causes. It will also provide an update on the diagnosis and management of hypertension from the perspective of medical specialties closely related to the dispensing of hypertensive patients. The goal is to convey the approach of hypertension as a vicious pathogenic, individual and social cycle on which it is necessary to act effectively and promptly.
Health professionals responsible for the care of hypertensive patients are concerned about the number of people who are aware of their condition, receive treatment, but do not know that they are hypertensive, receive treatment, but who are not are not under control, together with those who are hypertensive and are not identified or treated, which increases the risks of complications from this cause, This increases the risk of complications due to hypertension.
However, the hypertensive patient, if he/she manages to controlled blood pressure with the help of medical treatment, he or she can live many medical treatments, he or she can live for many years and lead a normal life.
In addition to raising awareness of his or her disease, this requires the timely intervention of the primary care system, the timely intervention of the primary health care system, especially the physician and nurse at the family doctor and the family nurse.
It is still a challenge to contribute to the reduction of risk factors for hypertension, such as smoking, obesity and poor eating habits, which are often and poor eating habits, which are often the gateways to other diseases.
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