On the afternoon of December 27th, the grassroots activity of presenting legal and mental health knowledge for the year 2024 by the Yueqing Federation of Trade Unions was held in the conference room of Hongqi Instrument Co., Ltd. The topic of this lecture is about health management of diabetes and hypertension. The lecturer is Xu Dongfang, the chief nurse of the Endocrine Department of Yueqing People's Hospital. Teacher Xu Dongfang first gave a detailed explanation of diabetes. She introduced the pathogenesis of diabetes in simple terms, pointing out that diabetes is a chronic metabolic disease caused by insufficient insulin secretion or functional defect, which leads to the rise of blood sugar levels. She stressed that diabetes not only affects the regulation of blood sugar, but also may cause a variety of complications, such as cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, retinopathy, which seriously threatens the health and quality of life of patients.
Then, Mr. Xu elaborated on the common symptoms of diabetes, including excessive drinking, eating, urination, weight loss, etc., reminding everyone that these symptoms may not be obvious and easily ignored, so it is important to conduct regular blood glucose testing. In terms of prevention and management, Mr. Xu emphasized the importance of lifestyle adjustment such as healthy diet, proper exercise, weight control, regular work and rest for the prevention and control of diabetes. Subsequently, Teacher Xu Dongfang shifted his focus to hypertension. She explained that hypertension refers to a cardiovascular syndrome characterized by an increase in systemic arterial blood pressure. Long term hypertension increases the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, kidney diseases, and other illnesses. Teacher Xu provided a detailed introduction to the grading criteria for hypertension and the potential hazards associated with different levels of hypertension. She pointed out that the symptoms of hypertension may include headaches, dizziness, palpitations, tinnitus, etc., but there are also many patients who do not feel obvious when their blood pressure rises. Therefore, regular blood pressure measurement is the key to early detection and control of hypertension. In terms of prevention and management of hypertension, Teacher Xu emphasizes the need to reduce sodium intake, increase potassium intake, have a reasonable diet, control weight, quit smoking and limit alcohol consumption, increase exercise, and reduce mental stress.
The entire course is rich in content and well-organized. Teacher Xu uses easy to understand language and vivid metaphors to transform complex medical knowledge into easily understandable information. Both the mechanism of blood glucose regulation in diabetes and the principle of vascular pressure change in hypertension became simple and clear under her explanation.
At the end of the course, Mr. Xu Dongfang patiently answered various questions raised by the staff, and encouraged everyone to pay attention to their own health, actively adopt a scientific lifestyle, and prevent and control chronic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension. This health management course not only popularized the basic knowledge of diabetes and hypertension for employees, but more importantly, aroused everyone's attention to their own health. After the course, employees expressed that they had benefited greatly, gained a more comprehensive and in-depth understanding of chronic diseases, and became more determined to develop a healthy lifestyle.
