| People would be shocked if they knew the exact | | | | your blood pressure taken depending on the |
| figures as to the number of the sufferers of high | | | | outcome of the reading sit down and talk |
| blood pressure are in the United Kingdom and the | | | | carefully to your doctor about what the results |
| United States and to be honest it affects one in | | | | show. It is essential that you monitor your blood |
| every four people. The medical name for high | | | | pressure on a regular basis as you get older and |
| blood pressure is Hypertension. | | | | you should be having your blood pressure |
| High blood pressure is serious. The likelihood of | | | | checked at least once a year. It is quite |
| developing several life-threatening diseases and | | | | straightforward and in the most cases people |
| illnesses increases dramatically when you suffer | | | | should observe this but there are certain steps |
| from high blood pressure. The list of diseases that | | | | that you can take to prevent yourself from being |
| are more likely to be contracted if you suffer | | | | exposed to the likelihood of getting high blood |
| from high blood pressure can include associate | | | | pressure, certainly without good cause. |
| heart disease, kidney disease and possibly stroke. | | | | Sadly it would appear that only 20% of all adults |
| Having high blood pressure increases the severity | | | | that have been diagnosed with high blood |
| of other diseases. If you don't get it diagnosed | | | | pressure actually have it under control. Knowing |
| correctly then not only will it curtail your overall | | | | how your body works will give you the power to |
| quality of life, it might actually kill you It is dubbed | | | | prolong your life expectancy and enhance the |
| the "silent killer" as it can exist with absolutely no | | | | quality of your life. Your heart pumps blood to all |
| outward signs of the condition at all. | | | | of your bodies' organs and tissues, including your |
| It has been know to be hereditary so a | | | | brain. It does this by pumping the blood to hose |
| healthcare professional will want to know about | | | | like vessels called arteries. Approximately 3 to 4 |
| your family. Many people do have high blood | | | | ounces of blood is pumped into your arteries |
| pressure but don't know it until a major illness, | | | | about 60 to 70 times a minute every time your |
| such as a heart attack or a stroke occurs. | | | | heart beats and this is only when the average |
| Tragically hypertension will not just fade away or | | | | person is at rest. Blood Pressure is the force of |
| disappear. The good thing is that hypertension will | | | | the blood pushing against the walls of your |
| respond to treatment. You can do something | | | | arteries. On a personal level, high blood pressure |
| about hypertension. | | | | or hypertension is the condition that exists when |
| The one thing that you have to be careful with | | | | the pressure of the blood in the arteries is above |
| high blood pressure is that because there are no | | | | a certain level and pressure that is normal and |
| classic signs or symptoms the only one way to | | | | sustainable as far as the rest of the body is |
| be 100% sure that you suffer from it is to have | | | | concerned. |
| you blood pressure taken. After you have had | | | | |