# Catch the silent killer!!!

> The 45 year old managing director had just finished a heavy lunch when he felt an excruciating pain in his chest. Thinking it was 'gas', he swallowed two sodamint tablets. When pain spread to his left shoulder, arms & back, a doctor was summoned. The executive had suffered a heart attack.

> A 53 year old entrepreneur was flying to New Delhi, while impatiently for his delayed flight, his head began throbbing so painfully that he screamed & fell unconscious. A stroke had paralysed his right side.

"Neither man knew that he was suffering from high blood pressure.

A simple medical check-up would have detected the condition.

Untreated, it can result in a heart attack, stroke, kidney failure, blindness & even death.

*Hypertension is the easiest to control. *

Factors contributing:

1. Obesity 2. Diabetes 3. High salt intake 4. Emotional stress 5. Family history of hypertension SMOKING increases the risk of HEART ATTACK in hypertensives because it raises the BP by 15-20 points, for at least 15minutes after a cigarette is smoked.

If you have high BP & don't seek treatment, you may be shortening your life span by as much as 20 years.

"BE WISE AND GET YOUR & YOUR FAMILY'S BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKED SOON. "

*Consult your doctor for further information, risk factors, Life style modifications & diet *

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