| Doctors think that many things combine to cause | | | | causing you to experience eye symptoms of high |
| HBP. Being overweight, drinking too much alcohol, | | | | blood pressure. Hypertension is a modern day |
| and eating too much salt are risk factors because | | | | epidemic, with the number people being diagnosed |
| they raise your risk of having HBP. Doctors | | | | increasing year on year. Approximately 1% of |
| established a long time ago that happy and | | | | those that are considered as hypertentive (have |
| humorous people don't fall sick; they don't suffer | | | | high blood pressure) are also at a risk of suffering |
| high blood pressure and other debilitating ailments, | | | | with malignant hypertension. |
| just because they choose to be happy. You | | | | Hypertension is known as a 'silent killer' and may |
| would agree that's not such a difficult decision to | | | | show no apparent health problems. Thus, it is |
| make. Doctors often suggest you to decrease | | | | essential to regularly get it checked and keep a |
| salt intake, as sodium can increase blood pressure. | | | | close watch on it. Hypertension is a name for high |
| But this is an advantage for people with low blood | | | | blood pressure. Having high blood pressure puts |
| pressure. | | | | you at risk for heart disease or even strokes. |
| Normal values of systolic over diastolic in an adult | | | | Exercise, a cigarette, a sudden burst of anger: All |
| is 130/85 and a reading which shows 140/85-89 is | | | | of these can raise our normal blood pressure |
| considered normal high. There is however two | | | | readings, but they don't raise our blood pressure |
| important aspects when the normalcy of a | | | | to dangerous levels for long periods of time. In |
| reading is to be considered. Normal function of | | | | the absence of high blood pressure symptoms, |
| adrenal medulla is to produce epinephrine or | | | | hypertension is diagnosed based on several blood |
| adrenaline. Which is responsible for controlling blood | | | | pressure readings taken over a period of time. |
| pressure and to help cope with stressful situations. | | | | Headaches (more than normal). This is because |
| Normal blood pressure is below 120/80; blood | | | | not enough oxygen is being able to gain access to |
| pressure between 120/80 and 139/89 is called | | | | your brain through the blood being pumped around |
| ?pre-hypertension?, and a blood pressure of 140 | | | | your body. Headaches, nosebleeds, and dizziness |
| 90 or above is considered high blood pressure. | | | | are also common warning signs and symptoms of |
| The systolic blood pressure, which is the top | | | | high blood pressure, but these do not occur until |
| number, represents the pressure in the arteries | | | | high blood pressure has reached a more advanced |
| as the heart contracts and pumps blood into the | | | | stage. However, many people even with the |
| arteries. | | | | highest blood pressure readings do not feel any of |
| Hypertension causes your heart to work much | | | | these symptoms. |
| harder than it should because it has to | | | | Regular exercise improves and expands the |
| compensate for the increased blood pressure. Like | | | | circulatory system, reducing blood pressure. Just |
| any muscle that increases in size with use, the | | | | plain walking would be my favorite. Exercise at |
| heart increases in size. . | | | | least five times a week, for at least thirty |
| Hypertensive retinopathy can cause the blood | | | | minutes at a time. This will go a long way in |
| vessels of the retina to become damaged and | | | | helping you loose weight and reduce high blood |
| can cause narrowing of the blood vessels. | | | | pressure. |
| Oftentimes fluid will ooze from the blood vessels | | | | |