Tips for Having Your Blood Pressure Taken
1-Do not take coffee or smoking half-hour before having your blood pressure taken.

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17th May-World Hypertension Day

World Hypertension Day has been established to highlight the preventable stroke heart and kidney diseases caused by High blood pressure and communicate to the public information on prevention detection and treatment.

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When water is known as hard this only means, that it incorporates supplementary mineral deposits than ordinary water. These are especially the minerals calcium and magnesium. The degree of rigidity of the water increases, when additional  calcium and  magnesium dissolves.

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Blood pressure has a daily (diurnal) pattern like many body functions, . During the night, blood pressure decreases as we sleep, and continues to remain at lower values when the individual in question wakes up. However, as soon as he/she moves his/her body for the first time after waking up, a spike in blood pressure may be seen, which continues to gradually raise over the course of the day, ultimately peaking out at some point in time around high noon. Then, as the afternoon passes by and evening nears, the blood pressure of the body starts to fall once again.

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Normally blood pressure difference in arms is not a big problem, provided pressure difference is of small value.

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How Often you Need to Check Your Blood Pressure

This is very common question that my patients always ask me. Normally teen agers dont go for their blood pressure check routinely, often they ignore their sickness and dont go to doctor for blood pressure checkup. If you are not a patient of high blood pressure, you should have your blood pressure check at very early age of 10-13 atleast.  If found normal, then check BP at 18 years of age. Then at 25 and if you are still normal, in thirties have your BP checked once after two years. In 40′s go for your BP check every year.

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Menopause is described as a stage or condition that marks the transition of a woman from being able to bear children to being unable to do so. Hot flashes, mood swings, depression, memory lapses, heart palpitations, feelings of suffocation, and loss of sex drive are all common conditions that occur during menopause. Among the more overlooked health consequences of menopause is an increased risk of high blood pressure.

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Common symptoms of high blood pressure include nervousness, sweating and difficulty sleeping.
Wrong. High blood pressure has NO symptoms. That’s why it’s often called the “silent killer.” The only way to know if you have it is to have your blood pressure checked.

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Finding the Right Hypertension Definition

“Hypertension definition” is a term everyone should know the actual meaning of. High Blood Pressure (hypertension) is the third most commonly diagnosed chronic medical condition in the Western world, and it has a range of remedies from dietary and life style changes to prescription drugs and even common every day activities like taking part in having games.

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Are you a smoker? How many cigaretts you smoke every day? This article will show you how smoking affects your blood pressure and some tips for you to quit smoking.

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