| There is a good reason medical experts call high | | | | Even though high blood pressure does not come |
| blood pressure "the silent killer". High blood | | | | with observable signs and symptoms, it can cause |
| pressure usually does not come with various | | | | severe and irreparable damage if left untreated. It |
| easily recognizable symptoms. Since there are no | | | | is important to have your pressure checked at |
| usual symptoms, how can one find out if they're | | | | least once a year. |
| suffering from high blood pressure? Simple. Get | | | | Keeping a healthy weight, getting enough exercise |
| your blood pressure checked. | | | | and eating a proper diet go a long way toward |
| Vague feelings and symptoms may suggest that | | | | warding off high blood pressure. Stressful jobs |
| something is not right with your body, but they | | | | increase the risk of developing high blood pressure |
| are not exclusive to high blood pressure. These | | | | and making sure to find a way to destress is not |
| feelings can be as vague as difficulty sleeping, | | | | only a healthy way to relax, but also it can save |
| headaches, dry mouth and feeling more emotional | | | | your heart as well. Taking a walk, enjoying time |
| than usual. Who doesn't experience all of these | | | | to yourself, reading or various other forms of |
| symptoms at one time or another throughout our | | | | exercise like yoga or even stretching, are good |
| busy workweeks? However, by far, the most | | | | ways to help soothe your body and mind. |
| common complaint of those suffering from high | | | | The risk of developing high blood pressure |
| blood pressure is headache, though this is by no | | | | increases if you drink and smoke, so you may |
| means a common cause to everyone. | | | | want to think twice before lighting up that next |
| The blood pressure within your head does not | | | | one. Obesity is the number one leading cause of |
| cause the headache, in itself, as most people | | | | cardiac problems developing in all different age |
| think, but by muscle tension. That is not to say | | | | groups today, including high blood pressure, also |
| that if you suffer from headaches that you have | | | | known as hypertension, high cholesterol, strokes |
| high blood pressure, it is just a common factor in | | | | and heart attacks. Be kind to your body and |
| many, but not all, of those people diagnosed with | | | | make sure that you are not walking right into a |
| the condition. | | | | high blood pressure situation by not knowing what |
| People can live with high blood pressure for | | | | it is, what it does and how to prevent it. While |
| months, even years, and not even realize it, and | | | | some may inherit high blood pressure, there are |
| the only way to find out is to have your blood | | | | ways to lessen the risk of developing the |
| pressure checked regularly. Your doctor or nurse | | | | condition that afflicts millions of Americans every |
| can take your blood pressure for you, or you | | | | year, as well as billions of people around the world. |
| may opt to buy a digital or analog blood pressure | | | | It is your heart, your body. Take care of it. |
| monitor or cuff and stethoscope to do it yourself. | | | | |