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måndag 21 september 2009

Blood Pressure - What are the Facts

By Christian Goodman

Have you ever wondered why every visit to a doctor's office, hospital, clinic, or any other health related place always begins with a check of your blood pressure?

Well, high blood pressure, also known as "hypertension", the "silent disease" or the "silent killer" is the measure of pressure that the blood exerts against the wall of your arteries as your heart pumps.

Many people walk around every day with dangerously high blood pressure without ever knowing it because often times there are no symptoms for weeks, months, or even years.

But high blood pressure is a dangerous condition and complications can be very serious. You see, as the heart pumps the blood through the walls of arteries that have lost their elasticity, the heart has to work much harder to push the blood through them.

Because the blood has to work its way through every organ in the body as well, the pressure affects not only the arteries, but the heart, the liver, the lungs? every vital organ that you have.

Since the arteries require greater pressure to keep the flow of blood going, every other organ also suffers from the extra flow of blood needed to keep those weakened arteries filled.

Complications experienced from high blood pressure can be life threatening.

You may feel healthy even though your body is already on the brink of a stroke, heart attack, dissection of the aorta, kidney failure, or irreversible heart damage.

Medication can control high blood pressure, but a healthy lifestyle and preventative measures are certainly the keys to wellness.

The are a number of ways to manage and lower blood pressure. Number one is to avoid too much salt. Diets low in salt have proven to be helpful to many people, but especially to those suffering from high blood pressure.

Second is to exercise regularly. This is very beneficial to the body in so many ways, lowering the blood pressure being one of them. For those who are overweight, dropping a few pounds can have a very positive effect in controlling high blood pressure.

Many people have explored alternative measures and there are reports that some of these alternatives produce a wide range of results. It has been suggested that possible relief of hypertension can be found in a variety of practices including acupuncture, aromatherapy, massage therapy, qigong, yoga, and shiatsu.

One area of relief I'm sure most of the medical community can agree on is simple relaxation. It has been known that stress can affect one's blood pressure so it is advisable to evaluate the things that may be causing stress in your life and finding other ways to handle those issues.

Regardless of the solutions you choose or the available alternatives you explore, one thing is certain, controlled blood pressure is vital in maintaining a healthy body that will see you well into your senior years.

The earlier you become aware of your blood pressure levels and start living a healthy lifestyle that will keep them low, the earlier you will start enjoying health benefits that will last a lifetime!

My high blood pressure program can help even if your blood pressure already exceeds normal limits. Following a few simple exercises will bring your numbers down easily in a completely natural way and often within a week.

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