Why get your blood pressure checked? 

• High blood pressure, also called hypertension, is a condition which can be controlled to reduce your risk of a heart attack, stroke or other cardiovascular disease.
• In the UK there are about five million adults (one in every nine) who have high blood pressure without even knowing it, since high blood pressure itself rarely causes symptoms.
• The British Heart Foundation estimates that high blood pressure causes over 50% of heart attacks and strokes.