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Chronic kidney disease has a higher mortality rate than liver cancer

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  Liver cancer is a disease that many people are afraid to talk about. However, there is a disease that affects one out of ten people and has a higher mortality rate than liver cancer, but many people have never heard of it, which is Chronic kidney disease Over the past 30 years, the mortality rate for chronic kidney disease has increased to the point where it has surpassed liver cancer as the 11th deadliest disease. The number of deaths has also doubled. Chronic kidney disease has little discomfort at the beginning, but the kidneys gradually break down unknowingly, and by the time the symptoms appear, they are often advanced, either waiting for a donor kidney, matching and surgery; or continuously doing dialysis, unable to get off the machine for the rest of their lives. Unable to travel, physical pain, mental exhaustion and high costs. You may be thinking that chronic kidney disease is far away from you. No, it is all around you and me, but many of us never realize it. In China,...

Hypertension guidelines 2023 | Changing lifestyle habits can lower blood pressure!

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Manipulating your blood pressure normally is saving your life. The risk of stroke, coronary heart disease, heart failure, and even death, becomes greater with elevated blood pressure, even though many times there are no symptoms. But many people's blood pressure control is not good, either very high or very volatile. In addition to not taking medication regularly, one of the main reasons is: or keep their original habits, the food and drink, do not pay attention to the adjustment of the lifestyle. There may be 2 thoughts behind it. - All are now taking antihypertensive drugs, the way of life is not important. - It is difficult to do this, and it is difficult to stick to an "ascetic" style of life. In fact, adjusting your lifestyle is not as difficult as you think, and its impact on blood pressure is seriously overlooked. It's not just antihypertensive drugs that can lower blood pressure  The effect of lifestyle modification is underestimated The key to controlling blo...