High blood pressure is a condition that results from the force of your blood pressure against your arteries. If you haven't had your blood pressure checked, there is a chance you are suffering from hypertension. This will give an overview of the symptoms of high blood pressure so you can be aware.
While people will sometimes ignore high blood pressure - also called hypertension, many are just unaware of the signs. Even those who have been diagnosed and prescribed medication will often ignore it, with studies showing a 90% non-compliance rate when prescribed medication. Ignoring the signs and symptoms or not taking medication causes serious health risks.
Hypertension affects the heart, brain, eyes and kidney. If you don't want to risk losing use of these essential organs, then blood pressure has to stay within normal limits.
Normal limits are up to 120/80. Patients who have a blood pressure in the range of 120-140 are considered at risk, and those with a pressure over 140/90 make you a hypertensive patient. The midrange is still manageable with a few lifestyle changes.
If your blood pressure is in the risky range, stop smoking, exercise, decrease salt intake, and lowering cholesterol. Changing diet and exercise are the easiest ways to prevent your health from deteriorating.
High blood pressure / hypertension is often referred to as the Silent Killer. Since there are often no real identifiable signs, or symptoms that are hard to identify, many are overlooked. If you have headaches or dizziness, flushing, fatigue or frequent nosebleeds, you may want to have your blood pressure checked.
People who have high blood pressure typically don't know it until their blood pressure is measured. People often do not seek medical care until they have symptoms arising from the organ damage caused by chronic (ongoing, long-term) high blood pressure. The following types of organ damage are commonly seen in chronic high blood pressure: Heart attack, Heart failure, Stroke or "mini stroke", Kidney failure, Eye damage with loss of vision, Peripheral arterial disease.
When left untreated, those with high blood pressure will not seek care until it has become a chronic problem. Once left untreated, the risk of damage includes heart attacks/ heart failure, mini-strokes to full blown strokes, kidney failure and eye damage, up to loss of vision.
It is of utmost importance to realize that high blood pressure can be unrecognized for years, causing no symptoms but causing progressive damage to the heart, other organs, and blood vessels. For this reason it is important to make a visit to your doctor each year and have your blood pressure checked.
While people will sometimes ignore high blood pressure - also called hypertension, many are just unaware of the signs. Even those who have been diagnosed and prescribed medication will often ignore it, with studies showing a 90% non-compliance rate when prescribed medication. Ignoring the signs and symptoms or not taking medication causes serious health risks.
Hypertension affects the heart, brain, eyes and kidney. If you don't want to risk losing use of these essential organs, then blood pressure has to stay within normal limits.
Normal limits are up to 120/80. Patients who have a blood pressure in the range of 120-140 are considered at risk, and those with a pressure over 140/90 make you a hypertensive patient. The midrange is still manageable with a few lifestyle changes.
If your blood pressure is in the risky range, stop smoking, exercise, decrease salt intake, and lowering cholesterol. Changing diet and exercise are the easiest ways to prevent your health from deteriorating.
High blood pressure / hypertension is often referred to as the Silent Killer. Since there are often no real identifiable signs, or symptoms that are hard to identify, many are overlooked. If you have headaches or dizziness, flushing, fatigue or frequent nosebleeds, you may want to have your blood pressure checked.
People who have high blood pressure typically don't know it until their blood pressure is measured. People often do not seek medical care until they have symptoms arising from the organ damage caused by chronic (ongoing, long-term) high blood pressure. The following types of organ damage are commonly seen in chronic high blood pressure: Heart attack, Heart failure, Stroke or "mini stroke", Kidney failure, Eye damage with loss of vision, Peripheral arterial disease.
When left untreated, those with high blood pressure will not seek care until it has become a chronic problem. Once left untreated, the risk of damage includes heart attacks/ heart failure, mini-strokes to full blown strokes, kidney failure and eye damage, up to loss of vision.
It is of utmost importance to realize that high blood pressure can be unrecognized for years, causing no symptoms but causing progressive damage to the heart, other organs, and blood vessels. For this reason it is important to make a visit to your doctor each year and have your blood pressure checked.
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