Blood Pressure And Your Health
Analyzing Your Blood Pressure
One of the most dangerous things about high blood
pressure, or hypertension, is that there are often few or no. Often, it
is difficult to know that you have it, if not impossible, unless you
make regular routine visits to the doctor. These are important, because
hypertension can lead to all types of terrible complications. It can
worsen diabetes sometimes, but even more commonly, can put you at risk
of heart disease or stroke. My grandfather was in denial about his high
blood pressure for years before it finally caught up to him, causing him
a heart attack. This is why you need to get your medical checkup.
Because, even though it is dangerous, high blood pressure causes are
easily treated.
One of the most common of high
blood pressure causes is excessive salt consumption. According to many
experts, taking in too much salt is common among Americans. It is
estimated that we consume 10 to 15 times more salt than we need.
Although this is only one of the high blood pressure causes for certain
salt sensitive people, it can't hurt to decrease your salt consumption,
and may help prevent your risk of heart attack.
Even more common among high blood pressure causes is obesity. Obesity causes hypertension
because it puts a strain on your circulatory system. This means that
your heart has to work harder to pump blood, resulting in higher
pressure in your veins and arteries. Along with obesity, another of the
high blood pressure causes is lack of exercise. This allows your heart
to atrophy, and so it needs to pump harder to circulate your blood. By
using exercise to lose weight, you can treat both of these high blood
pressure causes at once.
Some high blood pressure causes are not
so easily treatable. For example, it appears that there is a genetic
component, making some people simply more prone to high blood pressure.
Along with this, there is a process called arteriosclerosis, or
hardening of the arteries, which occurs with age. Diabetes, which can be
treated through diet and exercise, but not necessarily completely
eliminated, is another one of the high blood pressure causes which can't
completely be ameliorated through conscientious treatment. But in spite
of all of this, the facts remain that you can reduce your chance of high
blood pressure through seeing getting your checkup, exercising, and
eating right. You owe it to yourself.