Foods That Lower Blood Pressure Fast
Hypertension is a disease, which requires a prolonged medical treatment. In high blood pressure, antihypertensive medications should be taken regularly. Therefore, despite the fact that the cost of a dose of hypotensive medication is not very expensive, the total cost of a year of hypertension treatment may vary from several hundred to several thousand $US. To […]
Causes Of High Blood Pressure
Hypertonic disease (hypertension) is a disease, characterized by high blood pressure in the human circulatory system. Hundreds of thousands of people in the world are more or less prone to this disease. Arterial hypertension is one of the most common pathologies of the cardiovascular system, which often becomes the reason of hospitalization. According to some […]
Blood pressure chart for women
The level of blood pressure in women may vary for different reasons. In healthy women, blood pressure can be changed because of physical or nervous overstrain, as well as negative emotions or excessive fluid intake. Moreover, the change in blood pressure can be a sign of cardiovascular disease. For timely diagnosis of cardiovascular pathology, blood pressure […]
Symptoms Of High Blood Pressure In Men
Symptoms of high blood pressure Hypertension is one of the common diseases of cardiovascular system. Symptoms of hypertension are observed approximately in 30% of adult population. The prevalence of hypertension is up to 50-65% in people over 65 years. Hypertension is a chronic disease, its main symptom is increased blood pressure. Herewith, high blood pressure […]
What Is Normal Blood Pressure
High blood pressure is one of the most common health conditions affecting the heart and blood vessels. This is why visiting your doctor to get your blood pressure checAked is so important. When it comes to your blood pressure, what you don’t know can harm your health. High blood pressure rarely has any noticeable symptoms. […]
Why You Suffer From High Pressure And How Long It Will Continue?
Nowadays, the answer to this question has not been found. Hypertension may affect anyone, no matter sex, weight and skin color. However, the emotional people are believed to be under higher risk of hypertension development. Besides some medications (oral contraceptives, for example) may increase blood pressure. Moreover, the older you are getting, the higher your […]
Heart Attack
Overview Heart attacks most often occur as a result of coronary heart disease (CHD), also called coronary artery disease. CHD is a condition in which a waxy substance called plaque builds up inside the coronary arteries. These arteries supply oxygen-rich blood to your heart. When plaque builds up in the arteries, the condition is called atherosclerosis. The buildup […]
Blood Pressure Monitors
Blood Pressure Monitors: Types and Uses Hypertension (a.k.a. high blood pressure) is by far one of the most common diseases. Effective treatment and prevention of this disease is possible only in the case of the use and medicinal and non-medicinal pills. Determination of the optimal treatment is possible only if a healthcare provider gets the […]
High Blood Pressure And Alcohol Use
Various groups of blood pressure medications are used for the management of hypertension, many of them should not be taken with alcohol. Alcohol-containing medications and alcoholic beverages may enhance the effect of blood pressure medications and cause unwanted side effects. Alcohol and diuretics Patients taking the FDA-approved diuretics – Hydrochlorothiazide or Furosemide after the alcohol […]
Beware of the Halloween Sugar Monster
While ghosts, ghouls and goblins haunt the little ones on Halloween, a more terrifying monster haunts us parents: dental decay. We know the kids will come home Halloween night with bags full of candy, and we will immediately transform into the bad guys who must determine what and when and how much they can eat. […]