Sunday, April 12, 2009

Blood Pressure To High

By Bret Finnego

Blood pressure is an important part of our bodies workings. If you have high blood pressure then you are at risk form a stroke or heart attack. So we should have our blood pressure checked at least once per year and more often if you know that there is a history in your family of high blood pressure.

Our hearts are beating continually and as they beat they pump blood around our bodies through our blood vessels. Blood pressure is the force against these blood vessels made by the blood as it is pumped. So the heart pattern is pump rest, pump rest and so on. When the heart pumps the pressure of the blood in our arteries is at its highest and this is the systolic pressure which represents the first reading of our blood pressure. When the heart rests this is the diastolic pressure which represents the second reading of our blood pressure.

There are two numbers that make up your blood pressure reading and a normal blood pressure reading for an average healthy adult would be 120/80 this is spoken as 120 over 80. The 120 is you higher systolic pressure and the 80 is your lower diastolic pressure. Any higher result than this and your blood pressure would be desrcibed by your Doctor as high.

Say that your result was 145/95 then your blood pressure would be classed as high. Your Doctor may ask questions about your lifestyle to see if any changes can be made to remedy your high blood pressure reading. You would then have to return to the Doctors office and have regular BP checks.

If after several visits to the Doctors office you are still getting high BP readings then you are at risk and the Doctor will stress how important it is to change your lifestyle to a healthier one ( if it isn't already ). It is possible to bring your blood pressure down naturally.

If you smoke or drink more than the advised units of alcohol or if you are over weight then this can be a cause for you blood pressure to be high, but there are other things that can cause high blood pressure. If you make some proper adjustments to your lifestyle then it is possible to lower your BP without drugs.

The alternative to bringing down high blood pressure naturally by lifestyle changes is medication. Your Doctor may decide that you will have to take drugs to lower your blood pressure to the normal level.There are plenty of different blood pressure medications to choose from.

It is best to work at bringing your blood pressure down naturally if this is possible as the use of medication does bring with it a combination of side effects.

Get your blood pressure checked as soon as possible if you haven't already, there are to many adults out there that have high blood pressure and don't even know it as there are rarely any symptoms. This is why it is known as the silent killer. Walking around day in day out with high blood pressure and doing nothing about it is like walking around with a ticking bomb.

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