❗❌"Doctor, it's because I'm thinking too much, that is why the blood pressure is high"
❗❌"Doctor, I don't have hypertension ohhh, it's high BP I get"
❗❌"Guy, na only old people dey get hypertension, you better drink, make you enjoy life now".
Today, we need to send all these thoughts to Sambisa forest so that we can embrace a healthier perspective.
Are you ready?
Oya, bring your ears closer.
Do you know those people that will just be walking ohh without being sick before and will fall down and die? There's a possibility that it's hypertension that killed them.
Yes.
Hypertension often has NO symptoms.
You may not feel headaches.
You may not feel dizzy.
You may not feel weak.
This is why it's often called the SILENT KILLER.
Therefore, the only reliable way to know your blood pressure is to CHECK IT.
Do you know that 1 out of every 2 people in Nigeria who are hypertensive don't even know they're hypertensive.
What does it mean?
If 200 people come to the hospital for something else and the BP of 100 people was elevated, 50 from those 100 would have known before and the remaining 50 wouldn't know they're a walking time bomb.
What does this mean?
Please, carry chair siddown abeg
This is a thread
For 3 months, I've been at the outpatient department where we attend to NHIS patients and other members of staff and there are some acute and chronic illnesses that most Nigerians still have poor health seeking behaviour about.
Join me every day of this week from tomorrow as I'd be talking about
1) Malaria
2) Hypertension
3) Diabetes
4) Cancer
5) Diarrhea diseases.
I'm Dr Glow, a Passionate Family Physician who wants you to lead a holistic life as well as cultivate a wholesome family dynamics.
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Thank you ❤.