Prevention and Control of Hypertension
The Team USWAG Ditay is focused on the prevention and control of hypertension through mass blood pressure campaign conducted in the barangay Ditay.
According to Department of Health (DOH), detecting high blood pressure is the first step in preventing and controlling hypertension since once people know their blood pressure level, they can take actions to control it.
Over 40 households were detected to have high blood pressure in the community. All of the families were educated on lifestyle changes particularly on their diet such as limiting the daily salt intake including foods rich in sodium such as dried fish and shrimp pastes, to name a few. They were also advised in doing regular exercise to stay fit and healthy.Moreover, people who are alcoholic and smokers were taught in limiting their bad habits.
The said campaign was an initial step in reducing the most common non-communicable disease occurring in the country which also happens to be prevalent in our community. -A.Sauti
