High blood pressure is like many health conditions; each person will be able tolerate different ranges of blood pressure levels and they will have differing effects on each persons body. There are some guidelines that can help the medical community apply a standard approach dependent upon the blood pressure range they fit within. This can […]
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The Stalking Menace: Hypertension
What’s considered hypertension? Hypertension is the chronic increase of blood pressure above what are considered normal levels. Blood pressure fluctuates during the day; this is normal and nothing to be alarmed about. For example, it might go up to 130/100 during physical exercise or go down to 100/70 during sleep but its supposed to be […]
Can Garlic Cure Hypertension?
Hypertension is a health condition that is not to be taken lightly. Complications attributed to having hypertension poses significant health risks to a person. Before relating the medicinal effects of garlic to hypertension, one must be aware if he is suffering from hypertension or not. A visit to the doctor will tell if you are […]
High Blood Pressure In Children
A diagnosis of hypertension is made only when a person has at least three separate readings performed one to several weeks apart. While the condition is most common among adults, children can have high blood pressure too, even as infants. In fact, since the early 2000s there has been an alarming rate of increase among […]
Alcohol and Hypertension
There is now proven clinical evidence that one of the major contributors to hypertension is the consistent excess consumption of alcohol. Basically, if you drink large amounts of alcohol regularly, it’s going to make any of the other treatments you’re doing far less effective. Although there are many different drugs your doctor can prescribe to […]
The Hijacking Of High Blood Pressure
Should prescription medication be your first step when dealing with high blood pressure? Well, it seems that according to the pharmaceutical companies, and most doctors, it is. Too often, the first thing a doctor does after determining that a patient’s blood pressure reading exceeds the “normal” range is to write him or her a prescription. […]