More often than not, stress is a contributory factor to high blood pressure. When we feel relaxed, so is everything actually in our body, including our blood vessels. As we have seen, it’s the constriction and restriction of the blood vessels which causes high blood pressure so anything which causes these to dilate or relax […]
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11 Steps to Diagnosing Hypertension
Hypertension can be properly diagnosed by carrying out detailed medical/laboratory investigations on the patient. The following the under-listed 12 steps can really be of great help in trying to establish whether or not an individual has hypertension: 1.Detailed health history of the patient should be obtained. Information such as the lifestyle, economic status and past […]
Towards a Natural Alternative for Blacks With Hypertension
Hypertension in black patients is at 32.4 percent as distinguished from whites at 23.3 percent. Blacks also have an 80 percent greater mortality rate with regard to strokes, 50 percent chance with heart disease and an alarming, six times the rate of high blood pressure-related end stage renal disease. Low levels of renin and sensitivity […]