Being a very common disease these days, high blood pressure or hypertension, as it is also known, can cause serious problems for its carriers. Thus, many wonder about the possibility of continuing to perform paid activities. After all, does high blood pressure entitle you to benefits from the National Institute of Social Security (INSS)? Keep reading and check it out!
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What characterizes high blood pressure?
Affecting thousands of Brazilian citizens every day, this disease is defined as causing cardiovascular problems, severe headaches, muscle weakness, ringing in the ears and even strokes.
In addition, the appearance of this condition can be the result of numerous factors. Thus, its complications may have a genetic origin, be derived from obesity and sedentary lifestyle or even from the high regular consumption of products such as tobacco, alcohol and salt.
In general, an individual can live normally even if he is diagnosed with high blood pressure, as this does not significantly affect his professional life. However, as hypertension is a silent disease and, in some cases, serious, its symptoms can force the worker to be removed from his job.
INSS benefits for hypertensive patients
Thus, in situations where citizens really need to leave their work activities, the INSS allocates them to a group called Beneficiaries due to Disability.
The benefits for this group are granted when individuals are unable to carry out paid activities that guarantee their income as a result of an accident or illness. Thus, the worker is entitled to receive sickness benefit or be retired due to disability.
Furthermore, what will indicate which allowance the beneficiary will receive is the degree of their complications and how they affect their daily lives. Therefore, if the citizen's incapacity is temporary, sickness benefit will be granted. However, if the disability is considered permanent, the worker will be retired due to disability.