2008 Olympic gold medalist Markis Kido died, presumably of a heart attack. The 36-year-old badminton player is also known to have hypertension.
Allegations related to heart problems were conveyed by the Secretary of the Ministry of Youth and Sports (Sesmenpora) Gatot S Dewa Broto who said Markis fell while playing badminton.
“It’s true, from the information I got, it fell while playing badminton, possibly a heart,” he said via telephone with detikSport.
High blood pressure or hypertension is a condition where blood pressure is above normal, which is above 140 mmHg for systolic pressure and above 90 mmHg for diastolic pressure.
Hypertension Uncontrolled in the long term puts pressure on the walls of blood vessels which can eventually lead to various problems in the circulatory system. Strokes and heart attacks can be triggered by thickening and hardening of the arteries due to hypertension.
Although it can be fatal, hypertension is often asymptomatic. Complaints such as headaches, shortness of breath, to nosebleeds, usually appear when blood pressure has reached dangerous levels.
The good news, hypertension can be managed or controlled with regular medication. Unfortunately, the 2018 Basic Health Research (Riskesdas) states that around 30 percent of people with hypertension do not take medication.
“This makes hypertension a silent killer or silent killer,” said Dr. Vito A Damay, SpJP (K), a cardiologist from Siloam Hospital Karawaci, to detikcom, Tuesday (15/6/2021).
Some things to know about hypertension:
1. Normal blood pressure
In its guidelines, the Indonesian Association of Cardiovascular Specialists (PERKI) states that normal blood pressure is in the range of 120-129/80-84 mmHg. High blood pressure that begins to be categorized as grade 1 hypertension is 140-159-90-99 mmHg.
2. Symptoms of hypertension
Most hypertension is asymptomatic, even when blood pressure is very high. Some non-specific complaints that are often overlooked are:
- Headache
- Hard to breathe
- Nosebleed
The symptoms are non-specific, not always due to hypertension. Even if it is caused by hypertension, it generally appears when blood pressure is already at a life-threatening level.
3. Risk factors
There are many risk factors for hypertension. Among them:
- Age. Until the age of 64 years, hypertension is more common in men. Women are also susceptible to it over the age of 65.
- Ras. African descent has a higher vulnerability.
- Family history. A person is more vulnerable if someone in his family has a similar condition.
- Overweight or obesity. The higher the weight, the greater the risk of high blood pressure.
- Physical activity. Infrequent movement increases the risk of hypertension.
- Cigarettes. Not just cigarettes, all tobacco products increase the risk of hypertension.
- Salt. The nature of salt retains water, thus increasing the risk hypertension.
- Less potassium. Potassium or potassium helps balance sodium or sodium levels.
- Stress. The effect can be direct, or trigger an unhealthy lifestyle such as eating junk food as a result comfort eating.
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