BLOOD PRESSURE
High blood pressure is often refered to as the silent killer.
This is because it often causes no symptoms but may lead to a heart attack, stroke, or kidney failure.
Most people control their blood pressure through exercise, healthy weight, and not smoking.
Medication is taken by some people to keep their blood pressure under control.
Blood pressure should be checked regularly.
Having a blood pressure test is simple, painless and fast.
High blood pressure very seldom causes symptoms but it may cause severe damage to major organs.
If your overweight losing weight is the most important way to reduce your blood pressure.
Even moderate weight loss may decrease your blood pressure.
Food allergy may contribute to high blood pressure in some people.
Exposure to lead and some metals has been linkid to high blood pressure.
The systolic blood pressure (the top number)
measures the pressure of flowing blood on artery walls when your
heart contracts and squeezes blood through the vessels. The diastolic
pressure (the bottom number) measures the force blood exerts on
artery walls when your heart is at rest between contractions.
Some studies have found that calcium may lower blood pressure.
Magnesium in amounts of 350 to 500 mg may help lower blood pressure.
The herbs Reisha and Kudzy may help in lowering blood pressure.
Blood pressure readings can fluctuate. If you suffer from anxiety
during medical exams-known as "white coat syndrome".
Have your doctor check your pressure twice per visit for three consecutive
monthly visits. Or take monthly readings with a home blood pressure
monitor.
Heavy sodium consumption is linked with increased blood pressure.
Check food labels for "hidden" sodium to help decrease your salt
intake.
The memory loss associated with advancing age could be due to a rise in
blood pressure, even if the increase is only slight. Doctors at the
University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, compared 107 men and women
with
moderately high blood pressure (164/89 mm Hg) to 116 people whose blood
pressure was normal (131/74 mm Hg). The average age in both groups was 76.
They gave participants several tests measuring reaction time, plus various
tests of short- and long-term memory. Memory and reaction time were
diminished in the people with higher blood pressure. Lead author Dr. Gary
A.
Ford calls the findings a direct effect of high blood pressure, and says
doctors should take even moderate elevations of blood pressure seriously
in
older people.
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND KIDNEY DISEASE
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND PREGNANCY
In some people eating salt causes their blood pressure to rise.
Because it is difficult to know who is sensitive to salt doctors usually recommend that all people who have high blood pressure reduce salt in their diet.
Coenzyme Q10 is often deficent in people with high blood pressure.
The amino acid Taurine may also help.
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