Blood in the body carries oxygen and other major nutrients to all parts of the body
. The blood passes through arteries due to the pumping action of the heart. This makes the blood pressure in the body.
Blood pressure is defined as the force exerted by the blood on the walls of the arteries while it is passing through them. Due to high blood pressure the arteries become rigid and lose their elasticity.
High Blood Pressure main symptoms
Headaches
Vision problems
Black outs.
The major causes of the high blood pressure are
lifestyle changes
Being overweight
Lack of physical activity
Poor Diet
Hyper tension is the main cause of high blood pressure.
The normal blood pressure range is 120/80mm of Hg. The blood pressure in the range 120/80 to 139/89 is known as pre hyper tension range. The blood pressure range above 140/90 is normally known as high blood pressure.
Here there are two figures to note the Blood pressure of a person. The first figure is known as systolic pressure and the second figure is known as diastolic pressure. The top figure denotes the pressure in the arteries as the blood is pumped when the heart contracts.
The diastolic pressure reflects the lowest pressure in the arteries.
Complications of high blood pressure are Heart diseases, kidney diseases, hardening of arteries and stroke.
To keep the blood pressure in the normal range following thing need to be done
Avoid smoking habit
Diet should be low in cholesterol content and salt content
Avoid alcohol consumption
Moderate exercise should be done on regular basis
Monitoring the weight
The symptoms of the high blood pressure goes unrecognized, the only way to know high blood pressure is to get diagnosed.
High blood pressure in ignored cases leads to life threatening complications. High blood pressure in a person for a longer tenure causes atherosclerosis where the arteries become hard and fats are deposited in the arteries.
People with higher blood pressure may have angina which is chest pain, shortness of breath and symptoms which relate to heart diseases. Hypertension makes the heart of a person work more and harder. Which makes the muscles of the heart enlarge and cause inefficient pumping of blood.