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DUBAI — If you are a taxi driver or a policeman or part of any other stressful profession, then your normal blood pressure readings could differ from the standard set value, say experts.
Physicians in the UAE will now measure and record blood pressure keeping in mind your profession among other risk factors such as family history, dietary and smoking habits.
“This question is an essential part of the questionnaire in the newly released guidelines for the unified management of hypertension,” said Professor Gerard Plante, Professor of Medicine, Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Sherbrooke, Canada.
“Your profession may be stressful and this may mean a blood pressure reading different from people from less stressful professions,” he said. Therefore, now it is essential to evaluate the blood pressure value and treat it with relativity to your profession, he added...[ Read full story]
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