a short guide to blood pressure
a short guide to high blood pressure

We did not care about our health unless health complications appeared; we did not care about hypertension or high blood pressure, because we did not realize its consequences until we developed heart disease, suffered a stroke, or had kidney damage. As published in the US News on September 24, 2019, at 11:24 a.m.

The officially recognized standard for high blood pressure is the lowered threshold of 130/80 mmHg that has recently changed. According to the American Heart Association, more than 100 million citizens of the United States of America suffer from high blood pressure.

Symptoms and Signs of High Blood Pressure

According to Dr.Suzanne Judd, a professor of the biostatistics department at the University of Alabama at Birmingham “the main issue is that most of the people can’t feel high blood pressure

It is also famous as “Silent Killer” for many reasons, you will not find any kind of special high blood pressure warning signs, it comes slowly but steadily, it damages human health with each passing moment.

When high blood pressure continuously reaches the 180/120 reading, severe headache, nosebleeds, acute anxiety and shortness of breath are some signs of high blood pressure and hypertensive crisis, which can cause weakness, back pain, or chest, difficulty speaking, or numbness.

Importance of high blood pressure control 

A healthy heart normally operates between 60 and 100 beets in a minute, which causes the blood to pump into the veins, capillaries, and arteries, and the blood pushes against the arterial walls, which is called blood pressure.

When the small arteries that are called arterioles are responsible for controlling the blood pressure in our body they become tenser, it makes your heart pump with difficulty and increases the pressure inside the blood vessels is the main cause of blood pressure 

According to Dr. Wanpen Vongpatanasin, Lowering blood pressure and devastating hypertension can be helpful,  improving cardiovascular health can reduce the risk of stroke, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, a major problem because of  high blood pressure is kidney disease because high blood pressure damage tiny vessels in the kidney, a second leading  cause of kidney diseases in the United States 

Effects of blood pressure on the brain

Vongpatanasin says, high blood pressure also affects the brain in different ways, and controlling pressure can preserve brain functions. More recent studies show different patterns of effect on cognitive functions.

Ways to Control High Blood Pressure 

ACE inhibitors

Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors help to relax blood vessels by releasing a hormone that would otherwise narrow them. Lisinopril (Prinivil and Zestril) and Enalapril (Vasotec) are prescribed primarily as ACE inhibitors.

Medication for blood pressure 

According to the Food and Drug Administration, there are nine types of drug classes that are used to treat high blood pressure. Each medicine has its unique blood pressure lowering effects, there also a very reliable and trusted product to control the blood pressure  

Alternative 

You can control or reduce the risks of high blood pressure by changing your lifestyle by adding a healthy diet and adding exercise to your daily routine, according to the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, scientists are continually looking for alternatives to lower blood pressure According to some studies, relaxation, and meditation techniques have shown good benefits