THE Mayo Clinic, touted as the largest integrated, not-for-profit medical group practice in the world, emphasizes the value of regularly checking blood pressure, an imperative element in the management of high blood pressure or hypertension.
It said that self-monitoring can help in early diagnosis of high blood pressure and is “especially important for people with elevated blood pressure or other conditions that could cause high blood pressure, such as diabetes or kidney problems.”
She said that around 12 million Filipinos have hypertension and the number is still increasing, while around 65 percent of them are aware that they have it and 37 percent are already undergoing treatment. The good news is that 13 percent have reached their target blood pressure level. But that doesn’t end there, Dr. Pascual said, because the patient will be told to undergo necessary blood tests as well, a complete work up, she pointed out, because hypertension does not only affect blood vessels but can also affect other organs of the body.THERE are many ways to monitor blood pressure, such as the in-clinic blood pressure monitoring, the at-home monitoring through the use of digital blood pressure monitors.
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