Have you heard that smoking and alcohol leads to heart attack? Excessive alcohol consumption can raise blood pressure and triglycerides, which are high risk factors for a heart attack. People who smoke cigars or pipes seem to have a higher risk of death from coronary heart disease. Statistics reveal that over 83 percent of people […]
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Three Common Causes of Resistant Hypertension
Resistant hypertension is medically defined as high BP that is resistant to conventional medical therapy. According to some perspectives it affects roughly between 1 to 13 percent of all hypertension sufferers. Despite intake of three or more anti hypertensive drugs blood pressure remains elevated to 140/90mmHg for individuals under the age of 60 and 160/90mmHg […]
Herbs For Low Blood Pressure (Hypotension) – Maintain Normal BP
Low blood pressure or Hypotension, though not that common as high blood pressure can also lead to serious conditions as the patients suffering from it does not receive enough blood supply for the normal functioning of the brain and other parts of the body. People suffering from hypotension may experience dizziness, burred vision, fatigue, low […]
How to Reduce High Blood Pressure Without Medications
Most people diagnosed with high blood pressure are prescribed prescription medications by their doctor. Hypertension medications designed to reduce blood pressure include: ACE (Angiotensin-converting enzyme) inhibitors – it prevents your body from making Angiotensin II that can can cause our blood vessels to narrow, thicken and stiffen. Alpha Blockers – They stop the hormone norepinephrine […]
Can I Bring My Blood Pressure Down Naturally?
Question: I’ve just been prescribed a drug for high BP but I don’t really want to take it because hair loss is listed as one of the side effects. Can you suggest an alternative course of treatment? Answer: I explain high BP to my patients like this: when you water your garden, you can increase […]
High Blood Pressure: Modern Age Disease
High Blood Pressure also known as hypertension is a contemporary age disease and is usually termed as a silent killer. In this modern world people have become so busy in their life that they hardly get some good time to spend with friends and family. Thus the increased physical and mental pressure on the human […]
Herbal Remedies For High Blood Pressure – Are They Safe To Use?
It is said herbal remedies have been used for controlling high blood pressure for many centuries. However, it wasn’t that long ago no one really knew hypertension actually existed. Still, it is commonly thought certain herbs will help lower blood pressure when they are combined with a proper diet, exercise and following doctor’s orders. This […]
My Dog Has High Blood Pressure – What About You?
Do you have high blood pressure? They do say that pets are like their owners – so could your dog have high BP problems too? We’ve known about the risks of hypertension in humans for decades of course and the pharmaceutical industry make millions of dollars a year creating treatments. You can download diet sheets, […]
10 Simple Home Remedies For Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)
Hypertension is a silent killer that kills a person very quietly many a time without even knowing it. Heart failure, heart attack, kidney infection, eye damage and loss of vision can be seen in the hypertensive patients. To avoid such complications, the patients should make more frequent blood pressure check-ups. BP should be checked at […]
High Blood Pressure and Air Travel
Blood Pressure And Flying Are you taking blood pressure medication? Are you worried about flying? Well then the news is good. If you have high blood pressure that is controlled by medications, flying is just as safe for you as any of the other passengers on board. There is no evidence that any prescription medication […]
Diabetes And Blood Pressure
Diabetics get a raw deal on blood pressure treatments. New research shows that diabetics with high BP have only a fifty percent chance that their doctors will change their medications when they need to or will give them other related treatment Diabetic patients have a higher risk for heart attack, stroke and can develop kidney […]
Hypertension – Epidemiology, Etiology and Pathogenesis
Hypertension Arterial hypertension, and often called as hypertension, or high blood pressure called in everyday language is a disease in which the blood pressure of the arterial system is chronically elevated. By the definition of the, WHO a systolic blood pressure is higher than 140 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure greater than 90 mmHg as […]
Understanding Blood Pressure
Blood pressure is the pressure of the blood in the arteries. When the heart muscle contracts, it creates the blood pressure. Measuring the blood pressure makes use of its systolic and diastolic pressures. Calculation of the systolic pressure refers heart’s contraction at its highest. While diastolic pressure refers heart’s contraction at its lowest. You would […]