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Male Under 60
Interview 08  

Interview 08

Age at Interview: 58
Sex: Male
Age at Diagnosis: 52
Background:

Brief outline:Discovered following GP check.


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Explains how high blood pressure was discovered after routine check-ups.

 



My GP started checking my blood pressure at regular intervals because on two routine annual check-ups it had been high, and she found that it was consistently high. So she referred me to the [name] Hospital to a specialist who arranged for a 24 hour monitor and all kinds of alarm bells went off.

But the consultant I saw at the [hospital] was very thorough, though he came up and said your blood pressure is beyond me. He said you are in that very small percentage that we call idiopathic, there is no obvious physical cause for it.
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