7 Alarming High Blood Pressure Symptoms You Shouldn’t Ignore
Increasing awareness has been spreading about the harmful effects of High Blood Pressure and its involvement as one of the major killers of the twenty-first century. Spotting High blood …
Know the Basics
High Blood Pressure Symptoms – Is it an emergency?
The onset of high blood pressure is usually without symptoms. On the contrary, many patients may argue that they feel fine and the diagnosis is made incidentally either during …
High Blood Pressure Frequently Asked Questions
Are you at Risk?
BPA (Bisphenol A) Exposure and High Blood Pressure
There is enough research evidence that prolonged exposure to BPA products may cause permanent hypertension. A study by the Seoul National University of Medicine, performed on volunteers above the …
Quit Smoking for Healthy Blood Pressure
Life style changes like smoking cessation constitute the mainstay of prevention and treatment of high blood pressure. Tobacco use, either as cigarettes or chewing tobacco is considered as …
Age and High Blood Pressure – Causes of Hypertension at Young Age
Age and blood pressure are closely related. Young people are not supposed to have hypertension. At least not as a consequence of aging, which is the most common cause …
Nutrition
Diet and Genes – It Is Simple to Eat According to Your Genetic Predisposition
Nutritional genomics studies the relationship between diet, lifestyle and genes. Two children of the same age and height begin their meal together. One finishes their meal and needs no …
Afterburn effect – Still Burning Calories after Exercise
You’ve just finished your workout and you think that you deserve some more happiness apart from that emanating from endogenous endorphins already released by the end of your strenuous …
Eating Out and High Blood Pressure – Tips to eat healthy
Eating out when having high blood pressure could be a real problem if your blood pressure values impose salt and lipid restrictions. Food apart from being a biological need …
First Aid & Emergencies
Hearing Loss due to Medications – Which Medications are Ototoxic
Certain medications could lead to temporary or permanent hearing loss an adverse effect designated as ototoxicity. Symptoms caused by ototoxic medications Ototoxicity refers to the damage of the inner …
Benzodiazepines – The Dark Side of Anxiety Medications
Benzodiazepines are prescribed to treat panic attacks and anxiety. Panic attacks are characterized by the intense sensation of fear caused by anything that could be considered as a threat. …
Beta Blockers – Medications for High Blood Pressure
Beta blockers are commonly used medications for the treatment of high blood pressure. They are called so simply because they act on the beta receptors found on blood vessel …
Associated Diseases
Biopsy of the Thyroid Gland – Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis
Biopsy of thyroid gland is performed when thyroid cancer is suspected. Thyroid nodules are a common finding among patients with thyroid disease. Although in most of the cases they have …
Kidney Disease and High Blood Pressure – Kidneys Regulate your Blood Pressure
Kidney disease could be the result of uncontrolled hypertension. Kidneys are bean-shaped organs, located just below the rib cage, one on each side of the lumbar spine. The normal urinary …
High Blood Pressure and Stroke
High blood pressure is reciprocally related to stroke. Its occurrence increases the risk for stroke and certain types of strokes may end up with high blood pressure due to …
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High Blood Pressure Frequently Asked Questions
Hearing Loss due to Medications – Which Medications are Ototoxic
Certain medications could lead to temporary or permanent hearing loss an adverse effect designated as ototoxicity. Symptoms caused by ototoxic medications Ototoxicity refers to the damage of the inner …
7 Alarming High Blood Pressure Symptoms You Shouldn’t Ignore
Increasing awareness has been spreading about the harmful effects of High Blood Pressure and its involvement as one of the major killers of the twenty-first century. Spotting High blood …
Biopsy of the Thyroid Gland – Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis
Biopsy of thyroid gland is performed when thyroid cancer is suspected. Thyroid nodules are a common finding among patients with thyroid disease. Although in most of the cases they have …
High Blood Pressure Symptoms – Is it an emergency?
The onset of high blood pressure is usually without symptoms. On the contrary, many patients may argue that they feel fine and the diagnosis is made incidentally either during …
Benzodiazepines – The Dark Side of Anxiety Medications
Benzodiazepines are prescribed to treat panic attacks and anxiety. Panic attacks are characterized by the intense sensation of fear caused by anything that could be considered as a threat. …
Kidney Disease and High Blood Pressure – Kidneys Regulate your Blood Pressure
Kidney disease could be the result of uncontrolled hypertension. Kidneys are bean-shaped organs, located just below the rib cage, one on each side of the lumbar spine. The normal urinary …
Blood Pressure Tracker Printable
Record your blood pressure and heart rate with this printable blood pressure tracker. There are sections to document the date, the time, the blood pressure, the heart pulse, pills …
Blood Pressure Monitor – How to Choose the Right Monitor
A blood pressure monitor is used to track your blood pressure. Blood pressure values could present variations related to daily activities. This is particularly true for those already diagnosed …
Diet and Genes – It Is Simple to Eat According to Your Genetic Predisposition
Nutritional genomics studies the relationship between diet, lifestyle and genes. Two children of the same age and height begin their meal together. One finishes their meal and needs no …
BPA (Bisphenol A) Exposure and High Blood Pressure
There is enough research evidence that prolonged exposure to BPA products may cause permanent hypertension. A study by the Seoul National University of Medicine, performed on volunteers above the …
High Blood Pressure – 9 Things You Didn’t Know about Hypertension
1. High Blood Pressure for No Reason High blood pressure could have no identifiable reason. This kind of high blood pressure is called primary or essential hypertension and is …