NI woman on how a routine health check saved her life after shock diagnosis

A Belfast woman has spoken of her shock at being diagnosed with dangerously high blood pressure as she urged others to get checked out.

“I had a similar check back in 2019 and although my blood pressure was elevated, it was nowhere near a critical level. I certainly didn’t expect to find out my blood pressure was off the Richter scale and that I should go to A&E immediately. “Valerie could see the look of horror on my face and must have thought another course of action might be worth trying. She said that I should phone my GP surgery and ask their advice. If they felt I didn’t necessarily need to go straight to A&E and would arrange an urgent appointment with my doctor, then she would be happy with that advice.

“The nurse took my bloods to get a baseline and I had to go back two weeks later for a review and an ECG. The doctor was happy with everything, so I was advised to keep taking my medication as prescribed and go back in a month for a further check-up.” “I have been wearing a fitness tracker watch for years and it measures heart rate, but I didn’t realise quite how different that is to monitoring your blood pressure. That is something I would love people to understand- just because your heart rate and other vitals are ok, your blood pressure might not be.

Thankfully, Justine is responding to her treatment plan and says she is looking to the future: “I am still at a very early stage in my journey, but I am trying to get back to normal as much as possible. For the first week or two after I was diagnosed, I was exhausted. I don't know whether it was down to starting the medication, or the mental impact of everything, or a combination of the two.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

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