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Hear about how people in the BAME community are managing their high blood pressure and type two diabetes.
Find out how people in the BAME community have been managing their HBP/T2D during the COVID-19 pandemic.
When I was 23 years old and had my first child, I realised I had high blood pressure. I thought high blood pressure was only for elderly people but now I know it can affect anyone. When I was born, my mother died with high blood pressure which runs in my family. My diagnosis has affected my family and I greatly.
During the pandemic I have been scared to go out so I have not gone out much at all. I am supposed to check my blood pressure every day and I would usually go to my local surgery and use their blood pressure monitoring device regularly. Since the pandemic started I have been unable to walk in to my local GP due to their restrictions so I don’t have access to a blood pressure monitoring device anymore.
It is difficult to get through to the doctor on the phone sometimes and I have had to cancel some of my appointments due to the pandemic. At the moment, I don’t know how my blood pressure is doing. It would give me a great sense of peace to be able to monitor my blood pressure from home. I think CheckUp Health is a great idea and it is really good to know that if my blood pressure went outside of safe parameters my GP would be notified. said Ayanda Mkhize, UK