World Hypertension Day 2018
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The meaning of the term refers to the pressure exerted by the blood on the walls of those vessels which contain it.
It is well controlled by a couple of pills I take each day and the consequences of not taking them are those elevated readings I used to regularly have due to poor compliance.
Among the maladies I would not have if I were to lose a hundred pounds or so hypertension is included ...
I keep thinking I'm going there again, as well. I lost 168 pounds to enlist in the Navy when I was a very young man.
Today is World Hypertension Day. Held under the auspices of The World Hypertension League (WHL) it is a common denominator in some 85 other organizations devoted to hypertension and those who suffer it's ravages.
Knowing those numbers has been pretty easy for me with my background in medical curiosa. It has been interesting to note the downward trend of "normal" in their range as well. I can recall a set of higher readings being "normal" early on only to be called "borderline" nowadays.
Anyway, its another thing to track in my existence lest I suffer the consequences of even more severe cardiovascular disease.
Luckily I have a good crew seeing to my medical needs over at the employee health center provided by the city. It's a wonderful thing that my employer would take such interest in my well being.