Kapa ʻia ke koko kiʻekiʻe ʻo "silent killer" a ʻaʻole kēia he koi manuahi! He kumu pilikia nui ia no nā maʻi make a i ʻole nā ​​​​maʻi hiki ʻole loa, e like me ka myocardial infarction a i ʻole ka hahau.

ʻO ke koko kiʻekiʻe, ʻoiai ke kiʻekiʻe loa, ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia no ka mea ʻaʻole ia he kumu. ʻO kaʻu ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo mua: E hoʻopaʻa pinepine ʻia ke kahe koko inā hiki, a i ʻole e lawe i nā manawa e lawe iā ʻoe iho inā loaʻa nā mea hana ma kekahi mau wahi lehulehu, e like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau.

ʻO kaʻu ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo ʻelua e pili ana i ka mālama ʻana. Ua hoʻomaopopo ʻia he mea nui ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā ʻano o ka nohona (hoʻoikaika kino, mālama i ke kaumaha olakino, hoʻōki i ka puhi ʻana, etc.) Eia nō naʻe, inā pono kāu kauka e kuhikuhi i ka lāʻau lapaʻau no ʻoe, e mālama pono ʻoe e lawe mau iā lākou a ʻoi aku hoʻi ʻaʻole e kāpae iā lākou me kāna ʻōlelo aʻo! ʻOiai he asymptomatic ka hypertension, manaʻo hewa ka poʻe maʻi ua ola lākou, kāpae i kā lākou lāʻau lapaʻau a holo i nā pilikia kūpono ʻole!

ʻO Dr Jacques Allard MD FCMFC