Thursday, August 12, 2010

High Blood Pressure Symptoms

By Henry Taylor

Blood in the body carries oxygen and other major nutrients to all parts of the body. The blood passes through arteries due to the pumping action of the heart. This makes the blood pressure in the body.

The force exerted by the blood on the walls of the blood vessels when it is passing through them is known as blood pressure. When there is high blood pressure the arteries lose their flexibility and become stiff.

The high blood pressure symptoms are

Head ache

Vision problems

Black outs.

The main causes of high blood pressure are

Changes in lifestyle

Being overweight

Lack of physical activity

Poor Diet

The main cause of High blood pressure is Hypertension

The normal reading of blood pressure is 120/80. The blood pressure which is above 120/80 and below 139/89 is known as pre high hyper tension. The blood pressure above 140/90 is high blood pressure.

There are two figures which indicate blood pressure. The first figure is systolic pressure which is the pressure when the heart contracts and pumps the blood and the other figure which is the diastolic pressure.

The diastolic pressure reflects the lowest pressure in the arteries.

The major complications of high blood pressure are heart diseases, kidney diseases, rigidness in arteries and stroke.

To keep the blood pressure in the normal range following thing need to be done

Avoid smoking habit

Diet should be low in cholesterol content and salt content

Avoid alcohol

Moderate exercise should be done on regular basis

Maintaining the weight

The symptoms of the high blood pressure goes unrecognized, the only way to know high blood pressure is to get diagnosed.

High blood pressure if not treated it can create life threatening complications. Due to higher blood pressure for a longer period of time the walls of the arteries become less flexible and a condition known as atherosclerosis develops where the fats are deposited in the arteries.

Higher blood pressure people may have chest pain, difficulty in breathing, and symptoms which corresponds to heart diseases. Due to hyper tension the heart work more and the muscles of heart enlarge and cause inefficient pumping of blood.

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