Orwi@programming.dev to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoTwo-thirds of adults with high blood pressure do not know they have itwww.ox.ac.ukexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down12
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minus-squareparaphrand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-23 days agoWhen detection was added to the Apple Watch, I was notified after the first month of analysis. And went to the doctor. It got me on the right track, and a year later I’ve gone down to minimal medication for it. I might be off of it completely sometime next year.
minus-squareBubble Eater@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 days agoThat’s how I found out mine was high too. Wasn’t high enough to go on meds, but higher than I was comfortable with after doing some research. Totally changed my diet, now normal numbers 10 months later.
When detection was added to the Apple Watch, I was notified after the first month of analysis. And went to the doctor.
It got me on the right track, and a year later I’ve gone down to minimal medication for it. I might be off of it completely sometime next year.
That’s how I found out mine was high too. Wasn’t high enough to go on meds, but higher than I was comfortable with after doing some research. Totally changed my diet, now normal numbers 10 months later.