Co-Morbidities of Patients with Hypertension Admitted to Amassoma General Hospital, Bayelsa State South-South of Nigeria

The prevalence of Hypertension is on the increase. Hypertensive patients with co-morbidity is more compared to patient living with only hypertension. This study evaluated the prevalence of patient with Hypertension and co morbidity and their effect on the outcome of therapy of Hypertension. The research is a retrospective descriptive study using data obtained from patient’s patients’ case files in General Hospital Amassoma, Bayelsa State. About 50% were male, 30% falls under the age bracket of 45-54 years. Diabetes mellitus was reported to be the most common co morbidity associated with hypertensive patients. About 29.3% of the hypertensive patients had diabetes, 15% had cardiovascular disease, 14.3% had obesity, 13.2% had kidney disease, 11.8% had arthropathy, 2.9% had PUD, 1.1% had dyslipidemia, 1.1% had neuropathy, 0.7% had PID and 0.4% had retinopathy. There was gender variation with patients that had co morbidities. Hence, it is vital to manage Hypertensive patients with co morbidities to reduce high or elevated blood pressure to avert end organ damage due to high blood pressure. However, further studies should be carried out on how patients with hypertension and co morbidities are treated [1].