A Cardiologist Fellow at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr Albert Agbi, has urged Ghanaians to prioritise regular medical examinations to help detect hypertension early and reduce the risk of serious health complications.
Dr Agbi said a significant proportion of adults in Ghana may be living with high blood pressure without knowing their status, largely because hypertension often develops without noticeable symptoms.
Speaking on The Healthy Living Project on the Citi Breakfast Show, Dr Agbi said research estimates Ghana's hypertension prevalence at about 34 percent, meaning roughly three to four out of every 10 adults could be hypertensive.
He stressed that the absence of symptoms should not be interpreted as an indication that a person has normal blood pressure, explaining that complications may be the first indication that someone has been living with the condition.
“There are many people who have been diagnosed with hypertension. Research puts the Ghana prevalence around 34 percent, which means that about three to four adults out of ten are hypertensive, and most of them don’t know because if you have hypertension, there are no symptoms; the first symptoms are the complications.
“There are many people walking around with high blood pressure with no symptoms. The people on medication, especially the men, say they would rather die than have erectile dysfunction.
“Some of the medication can cause some weaknesses, and the men say sometimes if they have to perform, they don’t take the medication, and they come with a stroke after a week.”
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