Re:Cuffless device delivers clinically accurate blood pressu...
by YeGoblynQueenne on Friday January 29, 2021 @05:24AM
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Unfortunately hypertension can cause great damage if left untreated for a long time: kidney disease and heart disease most obviously but from my understanding, any organ that has blood vessels can be affected and damaged, including brain, eyes, liver, lungs... The OP is not catastrophising, but trying to be pragmatic (although I hope that with treatment they will be able to live as long as they would have without the hypertension).
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Re:Cuffless device delivers clinically accurate blood pressu...
by ggm on Friday January 29, 2021 @06:27AM
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As a hypertension sufferer I know the harm it can cause but as a 140/100 for over twenty five years aged 59 with intermittent treatment, I'm struggling with the idea it's an imminent problem in and of itself compared to eg untreated 160/120 or worse.
Reading around, health standards vary by economy. Maybe australia has a different cutoff bp to the USA. The nih say you need five visits to be assessed on 140/100.
Many people with hypertension have comorbidities. Diabetes for instance, which also causes neuropathy.
Is it ideal? No. Far from it. I wish I could get mine lower. I see my health professional regularly, I am taking my prescribed medication, and I exercise. I have had no signal that I am facing imminent demise. Far from it.
That's all I meant really: if there is no other problem, I think treated 140/100 could be sustained for some time.
Re:Cuffless device delivers clinically accurate blood pressu...
by YeGoblynQueenne on Friday January 29, 2021 @03:51PM
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Reading the OP's comment again, they did not talk of an "imminent demise". They said that their genetics "puts a cap" on their "life expectancy". Hence my own comment about hypertension causing damage if left untreated "for a long time".