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Q: hypertension

asked by: renneil on February 17th, 2009

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Hello I am doing a research about hypertension and I really need to know the answer in my question.I hope that you will answer it thank you.
do we need to control our blood pressure if we have hypertension or not?

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ServiceU

replied on April 30th, 2009

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i have high blood pressure and i take liptor to keep it at a normal level. you can have a stroke if you dont control your pressure. i also have high cholesterol, sometimes they go hand and hand.

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