SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (WXYZ) — Turner, the queen of rock and roll with these vibrant lips, hair and well-known legs nevertheless amazed audiences properly into her 70’s by singing some of her largest hits that earned her 12 Grammy awards.
Small did we know, all the even though she was suffering with the silent killer of higher blood stress and kidney illness.
Turner shared with the planet on Instagram in March about her struggles:
“My kidneys are victims of my not realizing that my higher blood stress must have been treated with traditional medicine. I have place myself in good danger by refusing to face the reality that I want day-to-day lifelong therapy with medication. For far also extended I believed that my physique was an untouchable and an indestructible bastionI,” Turner stated in the post.
Dr. Bryanne Standifer, an Internal Medicine Physician from Ascension Providence Hospital in Southfield says she sees related devastation from hypertension and kidney illness day-to-day in our neighborhood.
She says she sees thousands of folks die from a mixture of hypertension and kidney illness annually.
We also spoke to Jamell Hightower who suffers from hypertension.
Jamell almost died of a stroke when his blood stress was by way of the roof and landed in the ER.
He now sees an Ascension medical professional who prescribed him medication and place him on a overall health regimen to drop weight.
So far Jamell, who has a catering business enterprise, has lost 70 of his one hundred hundred pound target.
Dr. Standifer says we do not really feel higher blood stress, some folks have headaches but the good majority do not really feel it at all.
She recommends folks see a major care doctor and at the really least verify your blood stress at residence or at a pharmacy.
When I asked Dr. Standifer if she thinks Turner’s death will shock folks into going to see their medical professional. She responded, “I hope so, I genuinely hope they do.”
Turner died Wednesday, 11 weeks right after she talked about her kidney problems publicly.
The precise result in of death for Turner is nevertheless unclear but she was reportedly battling a extended illness.
