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To cure high blood pressure is important so that you
aren’t at risk for secondary diseases because of the hypertension. This
depends on what your risk factors are and whether or not you can control
your hypertension with lifestyle changes or you need blood pressure
medication to do so.
Lifestyle changes include
losing weight, increasing exercise or physical activity level, avoiding
environmental pollutants such as second hand smoke, avoiding overuse of
narcotics and/ or alcohol, and watching the amount of sodium, fat and
cholesterol in your diet. This also means keeping other diseases and
stressful situations under control. For further information, read Top
High Blood Pressure Treatment Options Discussed.
General hypertension cures apart from lifestyle changes involve taking proper
diet for high blood pressure and loosing weight. A proper diet is
essential in maintaining normal blood pressure but other changes should
be made in your lifestyle as well. Beginning a healthy diet and
exercising will allow you to lose those extra pounds and lower your
blood pressure back to normal. Avoid crash diets or you can suffer from
a heart attack soon. Diet plays an important role in both the prevention
and treatment of high blood pressure.
If lifestyle changes are not able to work as hypertension cures to reduce blood pressure, blood
pressure medicine may be the answer. Medications may include diuretics
(help decrease the amount of fluids in the body by increasing urine
output), beta-blockers (help prevent vaso-constriction due to central
nervous system responses), calcium channel blockers (relax the blood
vessels), angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors (also prevent
vaso-constriction), angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs), or alpha
blockers.
Medications such as hydralazine, minoxidil, diazoxide,
or nitroprusside may be required if the blood pressure is very high.
Potassium is an electrolyte that helps maintain the body’s normal
balance of salt and fluids, which helps maintain normal blood pressure.
Different amounts of potassium are found in fruits and vegetables, lean
meats, potatoes and whole grain foods. In fact, garlic may help lower
blood pressure.
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