It is becoming increasingly apparent among healthcare professionals and researchers in the field of hypertension, that the traditional practice of relying on arbitrary blood pressure measurements obtained in the clinic or a doctor’s office setting, is not representative of one’s true pressure within the arteries and is not a reliable predictor of the risk of […]
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Malignant Hypertension – The Uncommon Silent Killer
Many Americans live with high blood pressure everyday, yet they continue to practice unhealthy lifestyles. Because the signs and symptoms of the cardiovascular disease go undetected for so long, other cardiovascular complications develop unexpectedly. Once detected by medical professionals, they are obligated to treat the condition with medications to control its progression and lower the […]
Urgent Hypertension
When a patient has a sustained diastolic blood pressure greater than 120 mm Hg but doesn’t develop complications, he has urgent hypertension. This condition can develop quickly over several days or take as long as several weeks. It can result from noncompliance with the prescribed antihypertensive regimen, stress, or drugs that stimulate the sympathetic […]
High Blood Pressure – The Silent Killer
You wake up in the morning and you have a pain in your right side. It’s pretty acute. You’re not sure but you think it might be your appendix. At the very least, you do feel some pain and suspect that something is wrong. So you go to the doctor to get checked up. With […]
Dangerously High Blood Pressure
What is considered a dangerously high blood pressure? Is anything above normal considered to be dangerous or harmful? Does the treatment vary depending on how high it is? In this article, I’ll explain exactly the relationship between your reading and what you need to do now. Normal BP First of all, we need to recognise […]