Do You Suffer from Hypertension?
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (189820)
Boise, Idaho
December 22, 2024 3:34pm CST
I feel lucky as far as my health and family history of the subject goes. We are strong. My maternal great-grandmother lived to be 96. My maternal grandmother lived to be 88. My paternal grandparents lived to the high 70s. We have no hypertension(heart disease) in the family on either side. We do have Alzheimer's I believe on my paternal side. On my maternal side, the females have had ovarian cysts since my mother. I had it but it was benign. My daughter also and it was benign. My granddaughter was the same. I am not yet sure how the Rectal cancer and Prostate Cancer of my parents will play out in the family as yet.
What diseases run in your family?
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@wolfgirl569 (135601)
• Marion, Ohio
22 Dec 24
Hypertension is actually high blood pressure which can lead to other problems. It runs on both sides of my family.
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@celticeagle (189820)
• Boise, Idaho
23 Dec 24
I didn't know there were several stages of it too.
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@wolfgirl569 (135601)
• Marion, Ohio
23 Dec 24
@celticeagle With it being in my family is knew.
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@LindaOHio (222285)
• United States
23 Dec 24
Heart disease in both my parents. My mother only lived to 64. Have a good week.
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@celticeagle (189820)
• Boise, Idaho
24 Dec 24
That's quite young by today's standards. Sorry to hear it.
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@Juliaacv (56223)
• Canada
22 Dec 24
Dementia runs on my mother's side.
She, her siblings and mother all had it and passed away from it.
We also have a history of brain cancer in the family, I had a brain tumour which was fortunately benign but my uncle and great uncle both did not share that luck.
I had ovarian cysts removed when I had a c-section for my second child, and a tumour removed 7 years ago from that vicinity.
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@celticeagle (189820)
• Boise, Idaho
22 Dec 24
You have a lot in your family. Glad the cyst was benign.
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@Dreamerby (10111)
• Calcutta, India
23 Dec 24
No I don't but my dad has high bp and takes medicine for it.
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