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When your physician told you that you had high blood pressure did you understand what he was saying. No doubt you heard the numbers defining the levels of your pressure and that they placed you in a category above normal but did you understand what it was all about or did your doctor take the time to explain everything to you. Often being told you have hypertension is quite a traumatic event, not on a par with being told you have cancer or some other life threatening disease, but traumatic nevertheless. Although it can indeed be life threatening. It just never appears as being an imminent threat. We always think we have time which is really crazy because you never know when a heart attack or stroke might hit you especially if you have had it for a while.

It is often only when you get home that it begins to sink in and you begin thinking of all the questions you should have asked at the time. What does this mean? How does that affect me? You know, all those sorts of questions. To help you out here are some of the more common terms used when talking about high blood pressure.

* Hypotension – this means you have low blood pressure.
* Hypertension – this is the same as saying you have high blood pressure and refers to measurements above 140/90.
* Systolic Pressure – systolic pressure is the force, experienced by the walls of your arteries, when the heart beats pushing the blood around your body. This is measured in terms of millimeters of mercury. Continue reading ‘High Blood Pressure – Make Sure You Understand What Your Doctor is Telling You’ »

Blood pressure readings at home are more accurate than readings taken at a doctor’s office when it comes to predicting heart disease. This means that if a doctor only relies in the office readings, many people could be incorrectly treated for mild high blood pressure.

Although doctors have known for almost 50 years of practice that trip to physician or the hospital can cause an inflated blood pressure reading often called white coat hypertension, doctors did not know if these people were at high risk for heart disease than people with normal readings.

Higher office readings are labeled white coat hypertension because the pressure sometimes rises when people feel stressed by a visit to the doctor. According to some studies that 10 to 20 percent of all people with mild hypertension may suffer from white coat hypertension.

However, people with white coat hypertension did not have the heart damage associated with high blood pressure, an enlarged heart and reduced heart function. Continue reading ‘Things You Should Know Before Treating High Blood Pressure’ »

The first high blood pressure medicine that is normally prescribed by a doctor for stage 1 hypertension is a diuretic. The reason for that is to flush excess fluids from your body, specifically from the volume of blood in your blood vessels, and to flush out sodium as well. Sodium, or salt, is a major culprit in the development of high blood pressure and it’s a part of our Western diets that’s killing us.

Salt is essential for good health. But for sodium to do its job, we only need to consume about 500 milligrams a day. Would it surprise you to learn that a single appetizer at a major chain restaurant has over 3,000 milligrams of sodium? And that’s just the start. The FDA says our daily allowance for salt should be 2,400 milligrams (but we only need 500?) and the real challenge is to stay at that level or lower.

Table use and use in cooking amounts to about 12% of our total salt intake. What if you could knock that down to zero by substituti Continue reading ‘A Tasty Fix For Too Much Salt in Your Blood Pressure Diet’ »

Your race and high blood pressure in medicine and science has been and continues to be presented with the premise that there are inherent physiological differences between races. Race is commonly accepted as one of the risk factors for hypertension.

Additionally, African-Americans and Hispanics are more likely to experience high blood pressure than their Anglo- American counterparts. For African-Americans, elevations in blood pressure happen at an earlier age, is often more severe and more than any other race, are at a higher risk for this life threatening disease.

Race Based Science and Medicine

With the advent of the science of genetics, epidemiology, and other modern biology, perspectives, opinions and research has appeared in respected journals discrediting the notion of race being a risk factor for disease. Despite present-day research, social perceptions and concepts originating from the 18th century – which had no scientific foundation – are readily available on the internet, in the public, in research, in medical school and in practice.

Expanded Perspectives For Risk Factors and Race Continue reading ‘Your Race and High Blood Pressure’ »

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High blood pressure is a common disease of the modern age with every 1 out of 3 persons suffering from it and the number is daily on the rise. Blame it on the modern age life style factors or some congenital faults it is well known as the ‘silent killer’. Because in many cases the patient remains unaware of the disease before a fatal consequence befalls him. Blood pressure is the pressure which the heart exerts as it pumps blood into the walls of the artery. A normal pressure is essential for the circulation of blood, so if the pressure is high it is called High Blood Pressure. The heart has to work more to pump the blood causing a stress on the organ. Normal blood pressure is 120/80 mm Hg, any pressure above 130/90 mm Hg can be termed as high blood pressure.

Symptoms of high Blood Pressure (BP) in many cases are not that pronounced (the reason for being the silent killer). But in many cases giddiness, dizziness, headaches, bleeding from nose can be the results of high BP.

Causes

The daily stress and tension faced in this modern Hi tech age is one of the main reasons for this disease and coupled with the sedentary life style things turn out to be worse. Other causes may be – Continue reading ‘Natural Remedies and Treatment For High Blood Pressure’ »

Many people have issues attempting to reduce blood pressure. It is just like a fast ride that moves all over the place. You have an opportunity to control this and lead the healthy lifestyle you
deserve.

There are quite a few things that create a rise in your pressure levels. There are also many ways to decrease it and keep it from skyrocketing back up. How you lead your lifestyle plays a big part as well as family history, race and age.

Even though it is not possible to change your history, race or age, you absolutely can still get a handle on balancing the body. People over the age of fifty-five and African Americans have a higher risk of high blood pressure. Although you cannot make your physical age younger or change your color that by no way means you cannot lower your blood pressure.

The types and quality of foods you put into the body has a huge effect on your pressure, especially too much sodium in the diet. It is important to make a concerted effort to cut back on the salt intake. Also, try adding more vegetables and fresh fruit to your diet. These items will make you feel so much better while lowering your blood pressure at the same time. Continue reading ‘Great Tips to Reduce Blood Pressure’ »

3 simple steps can give you correct cholesterol levels. Cholesterol comes in different types–although all cholesterol is fat produced by your liver. It is necessary for life. When it gets out of balance you can suffer–life-threatening consequences.

Step 1) Know what your correct cholesterol levels should be and that there are different types of cholesterols — LDL & HDL

Start testing your cholesterol — if you have no risk factors–men at aged 40, for women–aged 50.

If you do have any risk factors, ask your doctor what your correct cholesterol levels should be and when you should start to have them tested. Testing you cholesterol will help you to understand the steps needed to maintain correct cholesterol levels.

Step 2) Understand the the difference between foods that have cholesterol — (like eggs, meat and milk products) and many times can be eaten with little or no increase in your cholesterol levels.

And foods that raise cholesterol — (like hydrogenated vegetable, Palm and Coconut oils). These types of fats are found in fast food & prepackaged snack foods. Know as saturated fats–they RAISE Low-density lipoproteins (LDL) Continue reading ‘The Best 3 Steps to Achieve Correct Cholesterol Level’ »

A good friend of mine has high blood pressure which he controls by using prescribed medication. I see him down the local club about three nights a week for a few pints of beer and a couple of games of snooker. I always know when he’s going to have his pressure taken the following morning because he cuts his alcohol intake down to one pint.

He does it because he’s afraid that if his pressure is high his doctor will increase the dosage of his medication! Who is he trying to fool? Only himself. If he were to adopt a sensible approach and eat a healthy diet and get some regular exercise he would probably be able to cut down, or even eliminate, the medication that he’s already taking… and still be able to enjoy a few pints of beer.

The moral of this true story is quite simply that if you have high blood pressure you owe it to yourself (and nobody else) to lower it. After all, it really is your life in your hands, because if the condition is left untreated it can have dire consequences. Continue reading ‘Start Lowering Your High Blood Pressure Today’ »

Hypertension, otherwise known as high blood pressure affects millions of people worldwide. For years, some medical providers have suspected that the two interact in a tangible way. Recently, a medical study has emerged that brings supporting evidence to this claim.

A national multi-center study from 2000 confirmed a possible connection between sleep apnea and hypertension (high blood pressure) in both older and middle-aged adults. The study, found those who suffer from moderate to severe cases were at increased risk of hypertension.

The study involved more than 6,000 adult men and women age 40 or older. The presence of the sleep disorder was detected using polysomnography, which simultaneously records brain waves, heart waves, blood oxygen levels, and breathing rate while a person sleeps. A team of technicians visited each participant at home in the evening and measured blood pressure and weight, as well as other health parameters, and then connected the person to a sleep monitor. The average number of breathing pauses per hour of sleep was used to measure the degree of sleep apnea. Continue reading ‘Hypertension and Sleep Apnea’ »

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Unfortunately, in a lot of cases high blood pressure and hypertension is often undetectable until without a visit to the doctor (perhaps this is why they call it the ‘silent killer’). However, there are certain symptoms that many hypertension sufferers say they have experienced.

Nose – People with hypertension problems often have nose bleeds and nasal pains. Their blood problems are responsible for carrying more blood than usual to the nose, where it leaks out.

Eyes – In a similar manner, hypertension can force too much blood into the eyes. Patients afflicted with hypertension often have overly bloodshot and reddened eyes. In severe cases, the build up of blood can become so severe that arteries in the eye burst. Signs of blurry or impaired vision may be an early warning of hypertension.

Fatigue – Hypertension can result in people experiencing insomnia and being unable to sleep at night. Because of this, they lack energy during the day and get tired easily. The odd sleepless night in itself is probably nothing to worry about, but if experienced in tandem with other symptoms it could be a sign of high blood pressure. Continue reading ‘Early Signs of Hypertension’ »