Why This Week Could Save Your Heart
- Angelina Elliott
- Sep 8
- 2 min read
Your Life in Two Numbers: Why This Week Could Save Your Heart!
High blood pressure is a silent, deadly epidemic. It rarely shows symptoms, yet it’s a leading cause of heart attacks, strokes, and kidney failure. Shockingly, millions across the UK are walking around unaware they're at risk.
That needs to change starting this week!
Know Your Numbers Week starts from 8th to 14 September 2025 and this is NOT just another health campaign. It’s a critical wake-up call as well as your easiest opportunity to take control of your health. Make this the week you discover the two numbers that could change your life.
Why These Two Numbers Matter More Than You Think!
Your blood pressure reading is those two numbers separated by a slash
and tells the story of how hard your heart is working:
Systolic (Top Number): The pressure when your heart beats and pumps blood.
Diastolic (Bottom Number): The pressure when your heart rests between beats.
What’s Healthy?
✅Ideal range: 90/60 mmHg to 120/80 mmHg
⚠️Danger zone: 140/90mmHg or higher
The worrying part is that you can be in the danger zone and feel completely fine. High blood pressure is the ultimate “silent killer.” The only way to know is to check.
Stop Guessing. Start Knowing.
It’s Never Been Easier. Checking your blood pressure is quick, painless and potentially life saving.
During Know Your Numbers! Week (8–14 Sept 2025), free checks are widely
available:
✅ Your GP surgery
✅ Local pharmacies (many offer free checks)
✅ Pop-up clinics in community centres,
✅shopping areas, and more
FIND YOU NEAREST BLOOD PRESSURE STATION HERE:
Did you know?!?
You no longer have to wait for a doctor’s appointment. Home blood pressure
monitors put power in your hands:
Track trends: See how diet, exercise, and stress affect your numbers.
Share data: Provide your GP with accurate, long term insights.
Watching your numbers improve is empowering and now home monitors are affordable, accurate, and easy to use.
Here are 4 clinically validated models available in the UK
for under £30:
Omron M2 Basic £21.75
2. A&D Medical UA £26.39
3. Kinetik Wellbeing WBP1 £25.00
4. Braun ExactFit 1 £30.00
Pro Tip: Always choose a monitor validated by the British and Irish Hypertension Society (BIHS)
The video below was created by Blood Pressure UK to show you exactly how to take your Blood Pressure at home.
Make the Pledge: Know Your Numbers. Protect Your Future.
This Know Your Numbers! Week, commit to one simple but powerful action: find
out your blood pressure
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