| High blood pressure or what is medically known as | | | | Another advice that doctors give to individuals |
| hypertension affect millions of Americans. In fact, about | | | | concerned with their blood pressure is to have regular |
| 80 million people in the US have high blood pressure | | | | exercise regimen that would help lower their blood |
| and what is more terrifying is the fact that some of | | | | pressure. Activities such as running and jogging, cycling |
| these people are not even aware that they have high | | | | and swimming as well as other sports can decrease |
| blood pressures. This is why hypertension has become | | | | blood pressure. Doctors recommend that people |
| known as the silent killer because unless you have | | | | exercise and do these sports activities for about 30 to |
| your blood pressures checked regularly, you have no | | | | 45 minutes a day and they will find their blood |
| way of knowing that you already have it until it is | | | | pressures significantly lowered. |
| already much too high up the scale. | | | | Alcohol, for instance, increase the prevalence of |
| High blood pressure will often manifests itself through | | | | hypertension when it is taken in excess. The term |
| headaches, dizziness and nose bleeds. Some people | | | | excess here will refer to over two drinks per day. |
| will also feel pain at the back of their necks when they | | | | Studies have actually shown a direct relationship |
| wake up in the morning. Hypertension is not really | | | | between these two factors when the drinking |
| life-threatening per se as it is not a disease. The level | | | | exceeds five glasses each day. A drink here refers to |
| of blood pressure, however, is a risk factor to heart | | | | a can of beer, a glass of wine or a jigger of liquor. |
| disease and will increase one's predisposition to heart | | | | There are people however who have low tolerance |
| attacks. This is especially true with people who are | | | | with alcohol. It is best to stop drinking if you find your |
| over 35 years old and those who are much much | | | | blood pressure going up or if you feel nauseous |
| older. | | | | already. |
| Because it is a condition and not a disease, people can | | | | Smoking is also one of the things that a person should |
| do a lot to prevent hypertension from settling in. Most | | | | avoid when trying to either lower blood pressure or to |
| doctors recommend a change in the diet and a major | | | | prevent it from going up. Besides the complications that |
| lifestyle change. | | | | it poses to the lungs and the vascular system, smoking |
| Diet is perhaps the primary lifestyle change that people | | | | also increases the risk for heart disease. This is |
| should look into when dealing with high blood pressure. | | | | because the nicotine in cigarettes and tobaccos can |
| Excessive eating of fatty foods that cannot be easily | | | | constrict one's blood vessels, causing the heart to beat |
| digested can cause a lot of problems. Obese | | | | faster. |
| individuals are also more likely to develop hypertension | | | | Elderly people are also asked to avoid excessive |
| not only because of the fat content in their bodies but | | | | coffee drinking. In a study conducted, it was found that |
| also the constriction that these fats produce in the | | | | five cups of coffee per day can mildly increase the |
| body. This constriction can affect blood circulation and | | | | blood pressure. The combination of coffee drinking |
| heart function, which may lead to a full-blown heart | | | | with smoking increases the risk all the more. |
| attack. | | | | |