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Article: Blood pressure through the roof, late-night thoughts of death ... and all caused by a part of the body I didn't know I had; ME AND MY OPERATION;ADRENAL GLAND EXCISION.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- September 7, 2004
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MANY people unknowingly have high blood pressure, which can have serious health implications.
Mark Franza, 30, a furniture designer who lives with his fiancee in High Wycombe, Bucks, discovered that his sky-high blood pressure was caused by a benign adrenal tumour. Here, he tells ANGELA BROOKS about the operation which overcame his condition and, below, his surgeon explains the procedure.
AS I suffer from neurofibromatosis, an inherited disorder that causes benign tumours on nerves anywhere in the body, I have an annual check-up.
Three years ago, it was discovered that my blood pressure was very high, though I felt fine. The GP wasn't concerned ...