Re: Or Piles - Sunday 11/12 + Mon 12/12

Marjorie Clarke wrote:
> "Kim Andrews" wrote in message

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>> A lot, but by no means all, women will be seeing a doctor regularly
>> for contraception. Of those who aren't, a further percentage will be
>> seeing the doctor for menapause-related problems. That still leaves a
>> lot of women unchecked, I reckon. I can't think of another
>> woman-specific issue that would account for large swathes of the
>> population. Oh, doh! Pregnancy. But I don't think that's got the lot
>> covered still, and I doubt it applied to Betty. ;o)
>
> As somerat said further up thataway, if she was taking HRT she'd be
> having her blood pressure checked, but otherwise she's not going to
> be attending antenatal or family planning clinics, so she wouldn't be
> having any routine screening. She's probably a good example of the
> type of apparently healthy person that can have high blood pressure
> without knowing it.

The moment I hit 40 doctors were falling over themselves to measure my blood
pressure. And now I take three pills every morning. :-(
I suspect there are now targets for such things.

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SB


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