Healthcare experts have called on young South Africans to get tested for hypertension. According to the International Society for Hypertension, nearly 50% of people over the age of 15 have high blood pressure.
It says only 50% are aware that they have hypertension, leaving the rest undiagnosed.
Cardiologist Dr Warren Muller says a simple blood pressure test can reduce the risk of life-threatening cardiac disease.
“We are seeing in data that we still have a lot of hypertension. In my own personal practice, a lot of my patients are hypertensive, so we see around 30 to 40% of patients hypertensive. There are a lot of local studies done to confirm that there is raising hypertension cases in the private and public sector as well.”
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