In a heartfelt plea on X (formerly Twitter), renowned Nigerian medical doctor, Chinonso Egemba popularly known as Aproko doctor, has emphasized the crucial importance of regular blood pressure checks.
Highlighting the alarming trend of young individuals succumbing to hypertension-related complications, Dr. Egemba stressed that proactive blood pressure monitoring can be a life-saving measure.
“Please check your blood pressure. Please. Young people are being brought to the hospital dead on arrival. Knowing your blood pressure is the first step to saving your life,” Dr. Egemba urged in a post shared on Friday, November 17.
See post below:
Please check your blood pressure. Please. Young people are being brought to the hospital dead on arrival.
Knowing your blood pressure is the first step to saving your life.
— Dr. Chinonso Egemba (@aproko_doctor) November 17, 2023
It is worth noting that regular blood pressure checks, which are simple and painless procedures, can detect hypertension early on, enabling timely medical intervention and lifestyle modifications to manage blood pressure levels and reduce the risk of these life-threatening complications.
Reacting to the doctor’s plea, netizens dropped the following comments:
Lonewolfbully: “As money no dey to check the BP what will we do now”
daram_ola: “Thank you Dr. For this. I checked my own yesterday, it is not funny. Like unbelievable”
jeffreyboadi_: “Blood pressure monitors are something everyone should have in their home. You can get on Amazon for less than $20 dollars — pretty cost-effective to be able to measure an important health metric.”
ukagawalter: “Thanks for sharing, just checked mine”
Thefreeangels: “It’s an alarming situation! Thanks for the reminder btw.”
Stazingar: “First thing every morning for me.”
FreddieBetse: “Very important”