Some Tips To Deal With High Blood Pressure

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Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 Time: 8:13 PM
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For an adult the normal blood pressure should be 120/80 mmHg. When the Systolic level exceeds 140 mmHg and Diastolic pressure exceeds 90 mmHg, it leads to High blood pressure.

The rise in B.P. may have dangerous effects on the body. In some cases, there won't be any symptoms. In such cases, the condition of the patient may become even more fatal. Under those circumstances severe problems like heart attack, congestive heart failure, kidney failure, peripheral artery disease etc may result. No distinct symptoms is noted with high blood pressure is some patients. Some experience blurred vision, nausea, dizziness and headache. Narrowing of blood vessels to kidney may also be resulted because of this. As a result there is accumulation of waste products in the body.

The exact and specific cause of high blood pressure is not known. Various factors combine to cause this. Normally people with age more than 40 years are seen to have hypertension. People who have high salt intake in their daily life are likely to have hypertension. Other causes may be genetic predisposition and obesity. High blood pressure is caused by some disorders too.

Hypertension is caused by some lifestyle habits too. In such cases, it is important to change his lifestyle accordingly. Quit smoking, limited alcohol consumption, reducing body weight, doing exercise, reducing salt, etc are some of the habits that these patients must change.

Salt intake must be only to a certain extent for our body. It is 2000 mg of Sodium per day. More salt in food is always harmful. To reduce salt, have small amount of processed and fast food. Usually they have more sodium. Regular exercises are important. To maintain blood pressure within normal range and keep your body fit, exercise is important. Cholesterol levels are also lowered by exercising. Walking, jogging, swimming, etc are some of the exercises. Overweight is also a risk factor of hypertension. More is the weight, more will be the blood pressure. According to the height maintaining weight is important. Smoking has harmful effects to one's health. B.P. is increased due to smoking. This is because cigarettes contain nicotine which makes the blood vessels to compress and thus, heart beats faster. This results in hypertension. So it is very essential to quit smoking in order to keep the blood pressure under control. Also if you are taking alcohol, then it should be under limits. High alcohol intake can be fatal.

There is good result for hypertension with homeopathic medicines. It helps in lowering the blood pressure without any side effects. Homeopathic medicines are proved on healthy human beings so are absolutely safe. Arnica Montana, Ignatia Amara, Secale Cornatum, Cactus Grandiflorus, Crataegus Oxyacantha, Visum Album etc. are some of the homeopathic products given to treat hypertensive patients.

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