Coimbatore: When the 44-year-old Arivudai Nambi went to the vaccination center at the SS Kunam to get the second dose of the vaccine last week, the health worker there offered to examine his blood pressure (BP) and his sugar.
While BP is normal, high blood sugar levels at 270ml per desilitre, against the normal level of 140 or below.
He was asked to visit the nearest primary health center the next day for a re-examination, which also found blood sugar levels higher than usual.
He then uses mild medicines.
Yes, health officials in this district utilize mass vaccination drives to filter people for hypertension and diabetes.
In accordance with the data available with the Ministry of Health, around 10% of the 20,000 strange people, which were played in vaccination camps last week, were for the first time being diagnosed with hypertension and another 2% found diabetes for the first time.
A little more than 1% of them have diabetes and hypertension and they are not aware of the same thing.
Officially said about the 20,731 people they were filtered, 2,023 had hypertension and 353 suffered from diabetes.
“This is the case identified for the first time.” Dr.
Omar Farooque, the Block Medical Officer, said they had identified 140 new cases of diabetes and hypertension after filtering 800 people in the Somanur area.
Some of them are under 35 years old, he said.
Precisely that there was an increase in the number of people who died because of diseases that were not contagious than infectious diseases several times, he said the prevalence of hypertension in the age group of 18-24 years in the country was 34%.
“It was reflected in random testing too.” Dr.
R Shanthakumari, Periyanacenickepalayam Block Medical Officer, said stress and improper food habits are the main reason for such a health problem.
“We suggest changes in lifestyle to avoid this disease.” He said there was a case of sudden death because of strokes among people under 35 years old.