The Importance of Monitoring Blood Pressure
A common cardiovascular condition that leads to other health issues such as heart attack, stroke, kidney diseases, erectile dysfunction and heart failure, hypertension (a medical term used for high blood pressure) isn’t to be taken lightly.
In Nigeria, about 26.7% of the adult population is dealing with hypertension, and even though the chances for getting it increases with age, leading a healthy lifestyle is important to say the least.
This includes regular exercising, eating a balanced nutritious diet, cutting down on salty foods and avoiding habits like smoking and alcohol consumption, the very culprits that cause high BP.
Still, given that often individuals who have hypertension don’t experience any symptoms that would indicate the problem, such as headache, irregular heartbeat, difficulty breathing, chest pain, fatigue or confusion, it’s considered a rather silent condition, a silent killer if you will.
This explains why it’s advisable to make blood pressure monitoring part of your healthy lifestyle habits too.
