05/29/2026
High blood pressure is often called the โsilent killer.โ But why? ๐๐๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ญ โ๐๐โ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ, Family Nurse Practitioner at our ๐๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ฆ, explains the dangers of feeling โfineโ while your body is at risk.
โ๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ด๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ด, ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ญ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ. ๐๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต, ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ฆ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ด๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ญ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ.โ
Knowing these numbers gives you a window into your future. LT reminds us that these metrics are the story of your health.
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๐๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐: The goal is to keep it under 120/80 mm Hg
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๐๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ & ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ซ: To protect your blood vessels from the inside out
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๐๐จ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฑ (๐๐๐): To understand the stain on your cardiovascular system
๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ๐๐๐ฒ?
LTโs advice is simple: move your body (aim for 150 minutes/week), eat more whole foods, manage your stress, limit alcohol, donโt smoke, and most importantly, show up for your annual visits even when you feel โfine.โ
๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ญ (๐๐๐) ๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ญ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ, ๐
๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐๐ฒ.
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Latrevet Thomas, FNP is located in Goose Creek and is currently accepting new patients.
๐Palmetto Primary Care Physicians
Springhall Office
119 Springhall Drive
Goose Creek, SC 29485