Self-monitoring of hypertension


MALAYSIAN Society of Hypertension president and Universiti Malaya Department of Primary Care Medicine senior consultant Prof Datin Dr Chia Yook Chin believes the lack of symptoms in hypertension is an important reason why blood pressure is not better controlled among Malaysians.

“Some patients feel no symptoms, so they don’t feel that they need to take their medication,” she says.

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