High blood pressure or hypertension means high pressure (tension) in the arteries. Arteries are vessels that carry blood from the pumping heart to all the tissues and organs of the body. High blood pressure directly increases the risk of coronary heart disease (which leads to heart attack) and stroke, especially when it’s present with other […]
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Natural Cures for High Blood Pressure
According to statistics, one in three adult Americans suffer from high blood pressure; unfortunately, 30% of these people don’t even know that they have this health problem. This is why many are caught unawares by a stroke, a heart attack or a heart failure; therefore, regular medical checks should include controls of the blood pressure […]
Why Is Malignant Hypertension So Serious?
Malignant hypertension is the most serious form of hypertension and is a progressive rise in the blood pressure and rapidly leads to organ failure. If not properly treated malignant hypertension is generally fatal within five years and death usually comes from kidney failure, heart failure or brain hemorrage. Fortunately this form of hypertension is rare. […]
High Blood Pressure or Low Blood Pressure?
The optimum reading for adults who are under the age of 55 is 120/80. (120 is the systolic reading, and 80 is the diastolic reading.) That is OPTIMAL, or average. That doesn’t mean that any deviation from those numbers is not all right. The range of satisfactory readings for adults is between 120-140 systolic and […]
How is BP, Sugar and Heart Attack Inter Related – Bring Down BP and Diabetes!
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 […]
10 Natural Ways to Lower Blood Pressure Safely
If you have hypertension learning and implementing natural ways to lower blood pressure is imperative, if you don’t want to take medication, because people with high blood pressure are at risk for serious complications such as arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis, congestive heart failure, kidney damage, heart attack and stroke. This may be why, along with the reluctance […]
The Signs And Symptoms Of Hypertension
The signs and symptoms of hypertension, or high blood pressure as it is also known as, include blood pressure readings that are consistently more than 140/90. Pre-hypertension is present when your blood pressure readings are consistently between 120-139/80-89. Although this does not mean you have hypertension, it is a good indicator that you will most […]
Lower Blood Pressure Naturally – Whole Grains Reduce Stroke Risk By 25%
Put down the white rice and pick up the brown. Refined white bread, actually any refined grain food should be replaced by whole grain foods in order to lower blood pressure naturally and safely according to a recent study. A group of adults in their 50s, all overweight, were among participants of a study that […]
The Dangers of High Blood Pressure and How You Can Avoid Them
High blood pressure (HBP), or hypertension as it is also known, is a condition whereby the subject exhibits persistently elevated blood pressure level above the normal 120/80 mm Hg. High blood pressure is always alarming, especially if we will consider the perils that are possible during the period of elevated measurement. An episode of hypertension […]
How to Save Yourself from Hypertension
Hypertension is the number one cause of heart attacks, heart failure, kidney failure, and strokes. Yet there are millions of Americans walking around with high blood pressure, or hypertension, and they don’t even know it. They don’t know it because they haven’t had it checked. These unsuspecting people don’t feel bad. As a matter of […]
Confusion- A Symptom of Hypertension
Confusion is the result of a sudden mental malfunction associated with the inability to focus attention. It is a general symptom of brain dysfunction caused by many factors such as neurological, metabolic and even circulatory. The most common of the factors are the neurological disorders. One neurological disorder that can have effects to the circulatory […]
Lowering High Blood Pressure – The Natural Solution
Lowering high blood pressure may be easier than you think. However, before I go into any detail let me run a few things by you to put the situation into perspective. The extent of the problem Roughly, over the last 80 years, death by heart disease has increased from less than 1% to 50%. It […]
Blood Pressure, High or Low – What You Really Need To Know
Blood is circulated through the arteries and veins to all the parts of our body. The pressure by which the blood pushes against the arteries’ walls is known as the blood pressure. Whenever the heart beats it pumps blood into the arteries. The heart beats 60 to 70 times per minute at rest condition. As […]