The Silent Killer

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High Blood pressure is the measure of force against arteries. Do you have high blood pressure? Do you know what are common symptoms and signs of hypertension, as it is referred to in medical terms? This article begins a series of interactive posts about this vexing health problem and we will evauluate and recommend various methods of either controlling or eliminating your high blood pressure. And as always, we recommend that you set as a goal managing this problem through natural remedies and exercise. However, we readily realize the role of prescription medication in treating hypertension but feel that natural treatment should be your eventual means of maintaining your heart health.

Natural Treatment Should Be Your Eventual Goal

Usually people ignore this problem. Even those who take medicine usually only take anti-hypertensive medication for short time. Studies have proved that 90% of hypertension patients don’t take their medication for as long as they should. One of the reasons for this is that there are side effects that can be a burder like impotence and shortness of breath when exercising. So the goal should be to control blood pressure without medication. if left untreated most likely will shorten your life expectancy. It is a "risk factor" for heart disease, heart attacts, and strokes.

If you don’t control your blood pressure it may lead to serious problems with not only your heart, but also your kidneys, brain and eyes. If you want to save these vital organs , then you will have to control yourhypertension within limits.

What Is Normal Blood Pressure?

There are two readings for testing a person’s blood pressure. The numbers measure the pressure against the artery walls when the heart is pumping blood and then when it is between pumps. The higher number is called the systolic pressure and the resting pressure is called diastolic. Normal blood pressure is 120/80. If this reading goes above 140/90, then you consider yourself as a hypertensive patient. Between 120 and 140 is a pre hypertensive stage. which can be controlled even by natural measures like exercise, low salt intake, stopping smoking, lower cholesterol, eating more natural foods like fruits, vegetables, and nuts.

The Silent Killer

How will you come to know that you have high blood pressure?
Hypertension typically has no symptoms at all, that is why we can call it as Silent Killer. Although there are many coincidental symptoms that are widely believed to be associated with this condition. These include headaches, nosebleeds, dizziness, a flushed face and fatigue. Although people with elevated blood pressure may have many of these symptoms, they occur just as frequently in those with normal blood pressure. Why do these symptoms occur? If a person has elevated blood pressure that is severe or longstanding and left untreated, symptoms such as headache, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, shortness of breath, restlessness, and blurred vision can occur as a result of damage to the brain, eyes, heart and kidneys. In rare cases, high blood pressure may cause brain swelling, which can lead to drowsiness and coma.

Symptoms of Hypertension

Briefly Hypertension has following 10 common symptoms:

Nosebleed (Epistaxis)

Shortness of Breath

Headache

Tinnitus (Ringing in Ears)

Sleepiness or Ansomnia

Confusion

Fatigue

Profuse Sweating

Vomiting

Low Libido

Blurred Vision

If you have not the above symptoms, it does not mean that you have no hypertension. Remember most common symptom of high Blood pressure is that it is "silent." The best way of controlling your blood pressure is to have your it checked at regular intervals. And this is easily done at home with a monitor. More on that later! Stop back, because we’ll have a lot more to say on these heart health topics.

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The Silent Killer

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