Johns Hopkins Medicine, high blood pressure is twice more likely to strike a person with diabetes than a person without diabetes. In the Philippines alone, a study conducted by the Philippine Society of Hypertension (PSH) estimated 21% or 10 million Filipinos are hypertensive, while about 3.9 million diabetes cases were reported by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) last 2020.
World Health Organization (WHO) states that you may be diagnosed with hypertension if your blood pressure (BP) is taken on two different days and the systolic blood pressure readings on both days is ≥140 mmHg and/or the diastolic blood pressure readings on both days is ≥90 mmHg.
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type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes. Each one is differentiated by how your body produces insulin and can be managed by a healthy lifestyle and continuous medical therapy. Diabetes is considered a serious illness and can lead to severe health conditions like heart problems, stroke, kidney complications, and even blindness. A person with diabetes is likely to also have high blood pressure and may also be prescribed medicines that are intended for hypertensive patients.
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