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Remote Hypertension Management

What is Hypertension

High blood pressure, also known as hypertension or raised blood pressure, is when your blood pressure, the force of your blood pushing against the walls of your blood vessels, is consistently too high. Around a third of adults in the UK have high blood pressure, although many will not realise it.

The only way to find out if your blood pressure is high is to have your blood pressure checked. High blood pressure rarely has noticeable symptoms, but persistent and untreated high blood pressure can increase the risk of several serious and potentially life-threatening health conditions such as heart attacks and strokes.

What is Viso Hypertension Plus

Hypertension Plus is a primary care remote hypertension management and medication titration platform created by OMRON.

This is a free service being rolled out across practices in the primary care network to support our patients to manage their condition remotely. 

Click Here to see Viso Hypertension Plus

How to measure your blood pressure remotely

Click Here to see how to take your blood pressure

There are blood pressure monitors available at number of locations locally, such as Cheddar Library, Community Pharmacy, some GP Practices will be loaning them to you as part of the programme, or you may already have one yourself.

If you so wish to purchase one, the British Heart Foundation recommends a selection which you may see more details on Click Here 

This service will be coming soon, please watch this space

 
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