hookooekoo
Senior Retro Guru
Know Your Numbers! Week is the UK's biggest blood pressure testing and awareness event.
5-11 September 2022
Blood pressure measurement is just the maximum and minimum pressures in your circulation system. High blood pressures are a sign of poor health and increased morbidity, because the heart is having to work much harder.I've never understood blood pressure and I can't remember ever having it taken?
Some GP surgeries are testing everyone over 40 at least every 5 years as part of a health check.Is that normal? According to my watch,my resting heart rate is 55bpm? Should I get my pressure checked?
It probably depends where you live, and how pro-active your local NHS management and GP surgery are at promoting and doing the health check ups.Apparently, there is a health check for men over a certain age, was it 40? I was living abroad at the time and have never been asked to attend since returning to the UK.