To learn how to take care us

By: María del Carmen Fuentes / Television Camagüey.

May 17 is devoted worldwide to the fight against the Arterial Hypertension. In Camagüey several activities promoted by the Ministry of Public Health look for to prevent it appearance among the population. The motto of this year 2009 are: Salt and arterial hypertension: two silenes murderous .

As here, in the entire world are carried out multiple activities for, taking advantage of this date, to carry out massive checking, scientific days, popularization of the benefits of the change of lifestyles for it appropriate treatment, sanitary education, etc.

In the bigger than the Antilles during the months of April and so far in May, each municipality has come developing a program directed by the Groups of Communication of the Primary Attention of Health and of the hospitals; understand each other promoters of health of the policlínics, nurses of the Clinics type 1 and type 2, activists of the hospital attention and infirmary assistants. They have materialized actions of Information, Education and Social Communication in scenarios of institutions of health and work centers.

On the other hand, in the Provincial Center of Education for the Health of the capital of Camagüey took place the central celebration of the county. With the participation of students of the secondary education, workers, and the population. Here a group of Thai Chi demonstrated how valuable it is this practice for the well-being of the body. The therapeutic gymnastics is an example of how each individual to any age can modify his lifestyle and to win health.

For Esther Caymares, to integrate from already more than three years this group of Thai Chi is very important. “The exercises improve the sanguine circulation and with are avoided it the cardiovascular sufferings, for example. I have also inserted my son that has severe mental delay and see it since improvement it is socialized and it character is modeled. In the group we are some fifty people of different generations, and among them, some have suffered heart attacks and since the Thai Chi practices perceive the improvement. We capture the positive energy and we transmit it to us each other.”

The Graduated Ernesto Rivera, responsible for the activities in the county comments of the impact of the same ones in work centers, institutions of health and the community. “What we look for is that the population takes conscience of the importance of preventing the suffering of the arterial hypertension, of assuming behaviors and healthy nutritious habits that contribute to a quality of superior life.”

So you, are on time of to change your lifestyle and not to trust. When preventing the arterial hypertension, avoids the accidents cardio and brain vasculars, as well as the increment of the illness renal chronicle. It will never be late to think about new goals...