Category — High Blood Pressure

Stress is a major factor in today’s world. Stress will definitely affect your health simply because your body and mind automatically kick into the "fight or flight" reaction mode every time you are stressed. Stress is basically anything that disturbs you physically or mentally. Sometimes it is a positive thing, like graduating from school or college. But most often, when people talk about stress, they are referring to something negative: work deadlines, exam anxiety, fear of losing a job. You perceive these negative situations as a threat, and your body reacts unconsciously, or rather subconsciously, by preparing to either "fight" the perceived threat or take "flight" and "run away" from it.

To help make the necessary preparations to fight the threat, your body floods itself with various hormones and chemicals, including adrenaline. Your mind focuses solely on the threat, totally ignoring other things around. Your stomach fills up with acid, to get energy more quickly and efficiently from undigested food. And your heart raises your blood pressure, so you can react if the perceived danger ever escalates.

Now remember all of these bodily reactions happen unconsciously. And it is this reaction that needs to be managed correctly. Because if you stay in this tense state for a long time, you will soon develop high blood pressure symptoms.

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Many risk factors and conditions can cause high blood pressure (hypertension). One of the major causes is a hidden toxin found in numerous food items and products we consume every day. Even if you suffer from essential hypertension, you can eliminate it without taking potentially harmful prescription drugs. By making a few diet and lifestyle changes, you can eliminate or lower high blood pressure.

According to the American Heart Association, high blood pressure (also called the silent killer) causes more than 54,000 deaths in the U.S. each year. The World Health Organization estimates it kills more than 7 million people worldwide.

In at least 90% of the cases, the cause of hypertension is unknown, according to the American Heart Association. When the cause is unknown, it is called essential hypertension (or primary hypertension); when the cause is known, it’s called secondary hypertension.

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High blood pressure is known as a silent killer. And probably most don’t even think about their blood pressure. However, high blood pressure can be quite fatal. There are some symptoms that can indicate that you have high blood pressure, and can prevent you from having a stroke. So continue reading as it might save your life or the life of someone you know.

Some of the typical signs of high blood pressure are headaches, dizziness, pounding in the ears and a bloody nose. But some people experience a small pain in the back of their head or have an increase in urination.

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Hypertension can wreck havoc on many body organs. Its effects on the heart are especially damaging. High blood pressure and heart disease are closely connected.

Moderate to high blood pressure significantly increases the load on the left side of the heart. Arterioles are often diseased or constricted, which increases resistance to blood flow. When this happens, the heart has to work much more to pump blood into the arterial system including the aorta.

When any muscle is overused, it tends to increase in size and bulk. The heart muscles react the same way. An enlarged heart is a sign of trouble.

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