Many people believe that a ’stroke’ is only a problem of old age. It is not. In an investigation in Victoria, Australia, it was found that one out of every five people who had a stroke was under the age of 65 and that at least one-third of victims of stroke had untreated (or inadequately treated) high blood pressure.
What should you do to?
If your doctor finds that you have hypertension, he will want to do some tests to try and find if there is an underlying cause, and to try to estimate more accurately the state of your heart and arteries. He will listen to your heart with a stethoscope and will examine the back of your eyes with a small instrument. He will take an X-ray of your chest and do an electrocardiogram. He will also order some laboratory tests. In these ways he will be better able to advise you what to do.
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