WHY YOU SHOULD CHECK YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE REGULARLY

Hello people. Am so sorry about last week's absence. I don't have a perfect excuse but I hope am forgiven (*puppy-dog-face*)

About a year ago, I lost the most important mortal woman in my life. Cause of death? Stroke caused by hypertension (in simple English). My Mother was a Qualified Public Health Nurse at the peak of her career. Anytime am home, I check her blood pressure but apparently, I haven't  been home for a while before the diagnosis was made. The diagnosis was made two weeks prior to her death. It's shocking but there's nothing her doctors could do.

Because it does not have its own specific symptoms, patients most times present with the complications like stroke, eyes, heart and kidney diseases.

This is one of the numerous reasons we should be encouraged to go for medical check up once in every six months. You don't have to be sick or pregnant before seeing a Health Professional.

I once heard someone say it is the "black man disease".

 It's combination with Diabetes makes it worse.

Weekly blood pressure check up won't kill and not too much. And for those already diagnosed, PLEASE, take your drugs and check in with your Physician, so that complications can be prevented or reduced.

Hypertension is not a joke, it's not a myth, it is real and it's no respecter of age.

Check in with a Doctor today.

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 Dr. 'Lara