The dangerous thing about most medical conditions that relate to the heart, such as high blood pressure, are that there are often no symptoms that indicate a problem. The only way to know if your heart is healthy is to see a doctor once a year for a checkup. Getting a blood pressure reading is […]
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CCT Kiva Borrower Myrna Valencia: Community Nurse
Myrna Valencia a Kiva CCT borrower in the Philippines takes her neighbors blood pressure for 10 pesos as a “sideline” or sidejob
Headaches and High Blood Pressure
Just because you get a headache doesn’t mean that you have high blood pressure. Headaches CAN be an indication of very high blood pressure, but more often that not, a headache is just a headache. Take an aspirin or a Tylenol and move on. Hypertension isn’t called “the silent killer” for no reason. There are […]