High Blood Pressure

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High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is described as the force the heart must use to pump blood through the arteries and veins. Your systolic pressure represents the force on the arteries, while the diastolic pressure is the pressure in the vessels between beats. Normal blood pressure runs around 120/80.

Symptoms of primary hypertension usually go unnoticed as they are mild and obscure. This is why this disease is called the ’silent killer.” If the blood pressure suddenly escalates, it can lead to a Hypertensive crisis in which a stroke or heart attack can occur which often result in fatality.

Fatigue, shortness of breath, dizziness and headaches are the most common complaints of people with high blood pressure. Over the counter medication and high blood pressure medication will not remedy this form of headache. The headache is caused by an increase in blood flow in the head causing strain on the vessels in the brain. Typically, these headaches are a sharp pain pulsating behind the eyes and usually occur first thing in the morning. The cause of these headaches is the excessive amounts of blood pumping through the heart. As a result of this unusual increase in blood flow, blindness, white spots and heart palpitations can occur.

Only about 1% of people living with high blood pressure have malignant hypertension. This form of high blood pressure requires immediate medical help as it can lead to heart attack or stroke. Sadly, many individuals go for years without knowing they have high blood pressure. Unfortunately, this can lead to permanent damage to the heart, eyes, kidneys and even bring on angina pain. This is a silent killer and people everywhere must become aware of how to prevent or manage this deadly disease. A simple lifestyle change to exercise and a healthy diet containing vegetables, wholegrain, fruit and low fat dairy combined with the guidance of a medical professional can aid in creating a long and healthy life.

Another common factor that can result in high blood pressure is stress. The affects of stress will happen to anyone whether they have high blood pressure or not. The key is to manage and control the stress you allow yourself to be exposed too. In life, there are some stresses we must live and some we can toss away.

If you are overweight it would be to your good benefit to lose the extra pounds and maintain a health body weight. It is also a good idea to control unhealthy habits such as smoking and drinking alcohol. This will help to lower and maintain proper blood pressure, to prevent its life-threatening complications that could have far reaching consequences.

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