Why is such a high mortality from heart disease in Lithuania?

Vida from Trakai diagnosis – a long -term increase in blood pressure, medically called arterial hypertension – heard 20 years ago at 50 years ago.

« One is genetics because both parents had those problems. Secondly, long -term stress, » Vida said.

The medication should take the medication daily and says that discipline is adhered to.

When asked what would happen if he forgot to take one tablet, he replied, « Nothing terrible, there is something like that. »

However, cardiologists disagree and say the problem is mass. It was found that about 40 percent. Patients with arterial hypertension do not take medication in Lithuania as the doctor prescribed.

« There are one tablet per day for the patient, and he is drinking every other day and does not follow the regime, » said Tomas Lapinskas, president of the Lithuanian Society of Cardiology.

« I like to be kidding: if the medicine is in the drawer, it doesn’t work, » said Gintare Šakalytė, Director of the Lithuanian Institute of Cardiology, LUHS.

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Alternatively, patients stop taking medication with better feel. Another group is the recipe, but it all ends.

« About 15 % of patients went to the doctor, but the pharmacy did not buy medication, » said Marius Miglin, head of the Santara Clinic Nephrology Center.

« Arterial hypertension is both a disease and a risk factor for infarction, stroke, angina, » said the director of the Lithuanian Institute of Cardiology at LSMU.

This non -use of medicines can be one of the reasons why such high incidence and cardiovascular mortality in Lithuania.

« There are many hypertension in Lithuania – more than half of people from 50 years have high blood pressure. Some do not even know it, some do not take medication, and according to our data, only 14 % are treated as needed, » Miglin said.

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Both nutrition and weight cause blood pressure.

« Each extra kilogram is an additional millimeter of pressure, » said G. Šakalytė.

« Lithuania is one of the most overweight and obesity countries in Europe.

There are no pronounced symptoms, sometimes headaches, shortness of breath with active movement. The best way to find out if you are not ill is to measure your blood pressure at least once a year. Ideal – 120/80.

« The disease is determined when the first number is 140/90. All higher indicators already mean the disease, » said the director of the Lithuanian Institute of Cardiology at LSMU.

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Cardiologists calculate how many deaths could be avoided.

« If at least half of patients under 40 years of age, 28,000 deaths could be prevented, » Lapinskas said.

Patients and cholesterol reduce their own way.

« Not every other, but three out of four patients do not take the medication properly – reduce dose, stop taking as desired by disinformation, » explained Irmantas Aleksa, a family doctor.

« The problem of statins is that there are myths that they will harm the liver, » Lapinskas emphasized.

Unauthorized tablets cause not only health but also financial losses to the state – tentatively last year it was $ 7 million. euros.

« According to 2024, people brought more than 35 tons to pharmacies to five elephants, » said Anželika Director of the Pharmaceutical Policy Department, Sam.

According to the World Health Organization, about every second patient does not follow the prescribed treatment regimen.