100 loom weavers from Bangar, La Union, underwent free lab assessments to test for hypertension this Hypertension Awareness Month because of GMA Kapuso Foundation.
Luisa Acosta was one of many loom weavers who availed herself of the free screenings. She has been weaving inabel for nearly 20 years and her work requires her to take a seat nonetheless for lengthy hours. This causes her to really feel dizzy typically, particularly as a result of hypertension runs within the household.
At simply 35 years outdated, she already has to take upkeep drugs for hypertension.
“Sumasakit ‘yung batok. ‘Yung ulo. Mahihilo kami sa sobrang init,” stated Luisa. “Minsan di na ko nakakabili ng gamot,” she stated.
Gina Ladi, one other loom weaver, experiences the identical signs however has not been to the physician for a checkup as a result of she’d fairly use her earnings on her youngsters’s research. She earns about P200 for each blanket that she weaves.
GMA Kapuso Foundation, in partnership with the Lacasandile Medical Clinic and Diagnostic Center, organized free electrocardiogram assessments, lipid profile assessments, fasting blood sugar assessments, and session and hypertension consciousness lectures for the loom weavers of Bangar.
It was found that out of the 100 loom weavers who underwent medical checkup, 42% of them suffered from hypertension. They got remedy other than the checkup.
According to Dr. Kareen Lacasandile-Sanchez, an inner drugs specialist, hypertension would not spare anybody or any age. She advises that these with sedentary life, comparable to weavers, ought to train repeatedly.
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— CDC, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
