OMRON Healthcare Co Ltd has announced it will be the official sponsor of May Measurement Month (MMM), a global campaign to raise awareness of blood pressure screening and promote hypertension prevention, detection, and control.
According to OMRON Healthcare in a statement, the company’s goal in participating in this campaign is to improve the awareness of home blood pressure monitoring and the early detection of diseases.
Through this initiative, the company supports the measurement of blood pressure in hypertensive patients and the early detection of atrial fibrillation, which is considered a life-threatening arrhythmia.
The company has participated in this global campaign since MMM was established by the International Society of Hypertension in 2017, with a cumulative total of about 26,000 blood pressure monitors have been donated to 100 countries and regions, supporting over six million people taking their blood pressures so far.
This year, OMRON Healthcare will donate 3,200 sets of upper-arm blood pr
essure monitors (BPMs), including a new model with built-in ECG that allows users to record ECG while monitoring their blood pressure with the aim of supporting the early detection of atrial fibrillation in hypertension patients.
It has supported home blood pressure measurement campaigns worldwide to achieve its vision of Going for ZERO (zero cerebrovascular and cardiovascular diseases), and will continue to engage in awareness-raising activities for home blood pressure measurement and ECG recording to support the early detection of cardiovascular disease risks.
This year, the MMM campaign stretches from May 1 to July 31 building on the World Hypertension Day on May 17 and a global screening campaign will take place for more than one million people over the age of 18, in addition to a series of professional advice, including nutritious therapy, lifestyle improvement and blood pressure management, will be provided and a test to measure the risk level of atrial fibrillation is available.
Blood pressure fluct
uates throughout the day in response to a variety of factors such as temperature, humidity, and physical factors including stress. Therefore, it is essential to monitor blood pressure at home in addition to regular health checkups at medical facilities.
If hypertension is left untreated, it may cause an increase in the risk of life-threatening heart/brain diseases such as stroke and heart failure, while on the other hand, early detection and proper management are well-known to prevent these types of diseases from progressing.
Source: BERNAMA News Agency