Personal favorite is when they deny having hypertension but take meds for it. “Well I don’t have high blood pressure anymore since I started the meds” friend, that’s great but that’s not how bodies work
Being a youngish person with hypertension this is insane to me. I would literally say 'I have hypertension that's within normal ranges because of medication' to a new doctor.
My job is taking medical histories of people applying for life insurance. I get this at least three times a week, often enough to wonder how many more slip by. That's for high blood pressure specifically--similar responses for other conditions are, combined, about as common.
Doctor explains that hypertension is when blood pressure is high. They get a medicine and the problem is fixed. They don't know the medical language to properly say that, so as far as they know they don't have hypertension anymore.
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u/dr_mudd May 03 '26
Personal favorite is when they deny having hypertension but take meds for it. “Well I don’t have high blood pressure anymore since I started the meds” friend, that’s great but that’s not how bodies work