Union of mutual joins the world health day.

-World Health Day took place yesterday and mutual Union adheres to the objective of the World Health Organization promoting healthy behaviors, promote greater awareness in the population, and thus, contribute to the reduction of the number of myocardial infarctions and stroke caused by high blood pressure

Spain, April of 2013- doctor of Medicine of Union of mutual societies, and President of the Valencian society of hypertension, Vicente Pallarés, has warned that high blood pressure is a powerful risk factor for development of cardiovascular disease, stroke and kidney.

Pallares stressed that high blood pressure is the cause of 40% of the stroke and 15% of the myocardial infarctions. These manifestations has made during his speech at the Conference on hypertension, held in the Centre for research in public health of the Generalitat Valenciana.

One of each cuatroespanoles, 18-year-old, is hypertensive and has a high or very high cardiovascular risk. Above age 65, the number of affected people exceeds 60% ”, said doctor Pallarés, who pointed out that many people don’t know that you have high blood pressure because it does not always produce symptoms.

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these figures contribute to the abandonment of the Mediterranean diet, sedentary lifestyle, stress, obesity and smoking. Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of mortality in Spain. It is estimated that 1 of every 4 deaths that occur in developed countries is due to a stroke. In addition, it is estimated that in coming years the number of people with high blood pressure will increase as a result of the pace of life in developed countries.

Pallares has also underlined that the risk of suffering a stroke or a heart attack is multiplied by three in persons suffering from diabetes and overweight, so we have a real problem of public health ”. All of the area Mediterranean, together with Canary, concentrating the greater prevalence of cases of hypertension and obesity of all Spain.

Tackle this problem of public health through prevention, already from an early age, causes the decrease in deaths from heart disease. The doctor of Union of mutual stressed that the risk of high blood pressure can be reduced by reducing salt intake, following a balanced diet, avoiding the harmful use of alcohol, exercising regularly, maintaining a healthy weight and avoiding tobacco.

Union of mutual societies is the mutual first of the Comunitat Valenciana in assistance for occupational accidents and occupational diseases. One in three workers receive coverage from Union of mutual insurance companies which, in turn, is integrated into mutual Corporation, the first group mutual of Spain, which brings together the other seven mutual Spanish, protects three million workers, and has 330 own centres distributed throughout Spain.