We are secured with the four walls of our house and find comfort with our own bed but for homeless people there is nowhere to go.
Booby Ricarte together with his wife who lived in the street for almost 20 years described their experience during the cold weather.
“Sobrang lamig parang nag-yeyelo” Ricarte described. Ricarte together with his wife Antonina live along the MacArthur highway of Guiguinto.
“Pinayagan naman po kame ng may ari” he explained about the legality of staying in a private lot. He told that they lived in that particular area for five years since his cousin got married and left them.
“Pag-gising sa umaga namamanhid yung buong katawan namin” he adds. Also Antonina experience arthritis every now and then.
According to Josefina Joaquin Nurse III of Guiguinto Health Center, cold weather can cause hypertension or blood pressure where some arteries is elevated.
“Dati hereditary pero ngayon nasa lifestyle na sya” Nurse Joaquin said about the cause of hypertension.
She adds that it still depend on how a person taking care of his/her own body.
In their report, this year there are 253 cases of hypertension in the town from age 45-64. Which is followed by acute respiratory infection with 226 cases children are prone from this disease.
“Siguro yung sa pagkain ng tama at balanse. May kasamang gulay at prutas kung maaari” Nurse Joaquin also adds.
According to the latest report, the youngest cases who experience hypertension was only in the age of 24.
“Mas gusto namin yung mainit. May araw” Ricarte said. ###
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