High Blood Pressure Awareness Month
May 11th, 2010 by admin
Besides May day, Cinco de Mayo and Memorial day, it’s high blood pressure awareness month. Hypertension is something that can go undetected for quite some time because it hits the very small vessels and capillaries first. Here are some things to watch out for if you suspect that you may have hypertension that could lead to high blood pressure. if you’re vision is blurred it could be a retinal blood vessel leak. If you have trouble with your kidneys it could be from damage in the small vessels which could lead to kidney disease. If not attended to high blood pressure can become chronic. There are things that you can do to reduce your blood pressure like losing weight, managing your stress, don’t smoke, cut down on your alcohol intake and exercise more. Other things you can try are increasing potassium from fruits and vegetables, reduce your salt intake, and decrease your caffeine intake. Talk to your health care provider for other options you may not know about.