This disease is progressively becoming common, fuelled mostly by the poor lifestyle choices such lack of exercise and eating unhealthy foods though the use of medicines is important, there other measures that people can take to reduce blood pressure or even prevent it from happening. What is high blood pressure? A blood pressure reading appears as two numbers; the first and higher of the two is a measure of the pressure in the arteries when the heart beats and this is known as the systolic pressure. The second number measure the pressure when the heart rests between beats and is known as diastolic pressure .For example, if your blood pressure is 120/80 that means your systolic pressure is 120 and your diastolic pressure is 80. The ideal blood pressure for an adult human should generally be bellow 120/80 mm Hg .High blood pressure is also known as hypertension and refers to blood pressure that is above 140/90 mm Hg. What are the risk factors? Risk factors that cannot be changed by circumstances are genetics, ethnicity and age. Risk factors that can be changed include being overweight or obese,eating a diet that is rich in salt,drinking too much alcohol, a sedentary lifestyle and passive aggressiveness.
What is high blood pressure managed?
Medicines-The use of medicine is the single most important way to manage hypertension. Since the advent of the use of these medicines in development countries, there has been a significant reduction in hypertension complications such as strokes and heart attacks.
Non medical -There are other measures that people can take to reduce blood pressure or even prevent it from happening at younger ages and they include weight loss,a low fat/low salt diet,regular physical exercise and reduction in alcohol