Online Health Tips » High Blood pressure http://www.onlinehealthtips.co.uk Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:54:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Health Tips: High Blood pressure http://www.onlinehealthtips.co.uk/health-tips-high-blood-pressure http://www.onlinehealthtips.co.uk/health-tips-high-blood-pressure#comments Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:31:51 +0000 admin http://www.onlinehealthtips.co.uk/?p=29 High Blood pressureBlood pressure is the force your blood has on the vessel walls during the process of heart beating. The blood pressure should remain normal. It should neither be less than the normal value nor should be above of it. If a person has low blood pressure, he/she is said to be suffering from hypotension and if the person is having a high blood pressure, he/she is said to be suffering from the hypertension which is also called as silent killer.

Symptoms of High Blood Pressure:

It is difficult to detect the early symptoms of high Blood Pressure. But some of the common symptoms for this ailment are:

  • Dizziness
  • Headache
  • Nosebleeds

Causes of High Blood Pressure:

The common causes of the high blood pressure are as follows:

  • High Weight
  • Low activity level
  • Constant tobacco use
  • High sodium (common salt) intake
  • High potassium intake
  • Stress
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Old age
  • Family history

High Blood pressure can be treated by making your body relax. Laughter is the best medicine for this problem. Do not take stress. Go for a morning walk; avoid having much of the fried and spicy food. All these things will help you in maintaining a normal BP.

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