Around one in three adults in the UK has high blood pressure. In England, 31 per cent of men and 26 per cent of women have high blood pressure.
Half of people with high blood pressure are not diagnosed or receiving treatment. In England, there are more than five million people that are undiagnosed.
High blood pressure is responsible for more than half of all strokes and heart attacks, and is also a risk factor for heart disease, kidney disease and vascular dementia. And with relatively few symptoms otherwise, that’s why high blood pressure is sometimes called the ‘silent killer’.
The only way to know you have the condition is to get your blood pressure measured, and to Know Your Numbers.
This Sunday, we and our NHS colleagues and pharmacists, will be at the Exeter Chiefs’ match at Sandy Park from 12pm until 2:45pm, offering people free blood pressure checks.
It will take but a moment of your pre-match time, but it’ll make the difference between knowing or not knowing whether you have high blood pressure, and having the opportunity to do something about it.
High blood pressure is one of the most preventable and treatable health conditions, so please join us and let us help you to know your numbers. We’ll be in the Powderham Bar, Sandy Park.
For more information and details of local support, visit our website, https://onedevon.org.uk/bloodpressure