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High Blood Pressure: Did you know noise can lead to hypertension?
Did you know noise can impact our health significantly? As per the latest study published in the PLOS One journal, if you are living or have a job in noise prone area or have a chronic noise exposure then you are susceptible to hypertension.
Did you know noise can impact our health significantly? As per the latest study published in the PLOS One journal, if you are living or have a job in noise prone area or have a chronic noise exposure then you are susceptible to hypertension. While noisy jobs can lead to hearing difficulties, the current study revealed that louder work conditions can lead to other health issues as well. As per the research, noise can lead to high blood pressure and other health issues such as heart attack, stroke, heart failure and arrhythmia among others. The same also negatively impacts the digestive system. As per the reports, more than 600 million people have jobs that expose them to dangerous noise levels.
The authors said, "Several studies [have] reported that bilateral high-frequency hearing loss (BHFHL) is associated with cumulative occupational noise exposure, and BHFHL can serve as an early biomarker for the actual personal exposure to occupational noise." The authors added, "The present study suggested that occupational noise exposure was positively associated with blood pressure levels and hypertension risk." Speaking of the study, the researchers studied data of 21,403 workers who had occupational noise exposure. This information was from a survey of workers in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, in China. They found that workers who had mild and high Bilateral High-Frequency Hearing Loss (BHFHL) had an increased hypertension risk of 34% and 281% respectively.
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The study also reported that the link between noise exposure and high blood pressure was most seen in men than in women. Talking about high blood pressure, the same is one of the common health conditions. One in three adults of India's population suffers from the same. For the unversed, as of 2019, more than 972 million or 26% of the world population are affected by this health issue. The numbers will rise up to 20% by 2025. Hypertension is also known as a silent killer as many of the patients hardly know that they suffering from it as the symptoms are quite easily missable.
Genetics, obesity, alcohol abuse, smoking, eating too much salt and poor lifestyle are some of the causes of the high BP. Aside from medications, some of the best ways one can tackle the health issue is by doing some lifestyle changes such as reducing the intake of salt, increasing the consumption of potassium and other nutrient-dense food items and physical activity of around half-hour every day among others.
So, if you are living like an airport and other high decibel areas then one should take some measures to prevent hypertension and prevent heart ailments. Also, workers who are exposed to a lot of noise on their job are at higher risk of developing high blood pressure and elevated levels of cholesterol.
