Tackling the recent trends of mortality in our society today
The recent spike in mortality rate is becoming worrisome. Some of this deaths results from either known or unknown underlying medical conditions or lifestyle practices. I will advice on the following preventive practices 1. Go for your blood pressure checks: Some are walking corpse. I remembered in the year 2020 when I conducted a research on high blood pressure in a community in Edo state. My findings was so alarming (15% had normal blood pressure, 28% are pre-hypertensive, 34% are at stage 1 of hypertension and 25% are at stage 2 of hypertension). This was unknown to larger percentage of the people recruited in this research that, they are at one stage or the other of hypertension. Many are going about and unknown to them they are already at one stages of hypertension and the other. 2. Go for blood glucose levels test: Some of the people too unknown to them are at one stages of diabetes due to accumulation of sugar level in their blood. This kills gradually before the final terminati...