Dr Kelly3.Are my numbers doing me Harm?
Everyone worries about the harm caused from hypertension, you want to know if you have any evidence of complication due to High blood pressure (Problems with the eye, Stroke, Heart failure, kidney damage etc.), But the fact is this risk come after a very long time of chronic raised blood pressure. However to expose you to this risk there must be a degree of low level damage going on in the body (destruction of the small vessels that supply vital organs, this vessels are the thinest and most fragile) and continued destruction over a period of time leads to Eye problems, Stroke, Heart failure etc. Signs could be seen by checking the eyes for red patches/clots or elevated chemicals in the kidney (via a Renal function Test)
In Nigeria 30% of those With High Blood Pressure don’t even Know they have it , YET THEY DO NOT SEEK HELP.This means, they die A Sudden Death . High Blood Pressure/Hypertension does not go away on Its Own, Take Charge of Your Cardiovascular health.
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