DESPITE the common misconception that hypertension has no symptoms, a heart specialist, Dr Akinyemi Aje, has stated that headaches and blurred vision, which are frequently ignored by many, can occasionally be signs of hypertension in many people.
Dr Aje, a consultant cardiologist, who made this known at the annual general meeting and scientific conference of the Association of Nigerian Private Medical Practitioners in Oyo State in Ibadan, said the headache after rest disappears without people giving thought to checking their blood pressure.
He stated: “People just take it for granted that it is because they didn’t sleep well or had overworked themselves. When the blood pressure goes up, the headache comes, and when they rest, it disappears. That’s why we need to get a machine for blood pressure measurement at home.”
According to the cardiologist, hypertension is a real condition. that needs to be treated with drugs, without which complications and other conditions like…
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