DEALING WITH HYPERTENSION
Hello people, I recently received a very sad news about a young man who died due to a blood cloth in his brain, which was caused by hypertension a.k.a high blood pressure, which now brings me to today's discussion. Hyper-tension. What is hyper-tension? Hyper-tension or high blood pressure (HBP) is the pressure that arises from blood flowing from the heart through the arteries. In simple terms pressure is needed to make blood flow from the heart to the organs through the arteries but when this pressure becomes too high the result is high blood pressure which can lead to heart problems or in some cases may damage the body organs. Measuring your blood pressure Blood pressure is the only thing that helps blood move around your body, that means there is a required (safe) amount of blood pressure for sustained living,outside which any other amount may be unhealthy. Healthy blood pressure is below 120/80 Unhealthy blood pressure starts from 140/90 In between is Pre-hypertensive blood pres...