SOME THINGS ABOUT HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE It is known that patients with high blood pressure often have a stroke. Many patients experiencing hypertension do not have symptoms of high blood pressure until they experience either a heart attack or a stroke. “The striker is silent.” Today 25% of the entire population suffer from hypertension. You […]
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Most people with high blood pressure know they should reduce the amount of salt they eat, cut back on the alcohol they drink, loose weight and stop smoking. They also know that it’s a good idea for them to exercise regularly. But most people with high blood pressure do not know that vitamins can play […]
“Recent studies show that about 65 percent of patients are falling to reduce their blood pressure to the acceptable range.” 16 Hypertension or arterial hypertension refers to high blood pressure (HTN) in the arteries. 3 In the United States 72 million adults are affected by hypertension. 6 Arteries are vessels that carry blood from the […]
As a health care provider I am always asked about blood pressures and the significance of “the numbers” used in obtaining a blood pressure. I have found a vast variety in how individuals correlate and interpret “these numbers.” An understanding of what and how a blood pressure is obtained may help to clarify that. Accurate […]
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A recent clinical vignette in the New England Journal of Medicine touched upon the issue of what blood pressure numbers, i.e. the systolic (top number) and diastolic (bottom number) are considered too high. Traditionally, hypertension has been defined as either a systolic greater than 140 or a diastolic greater than 90. Though recently these cut-offs […]
Blood pressure, although usually measured in medical institutions using a device known as a sphygmomanometer in the brachial artery, is not usually well understood from a biological point of view. Understanding the controlling physiological forces behind blood pressure is an important part of understanding how the circulatory system and the human body work. Defining and […]