Blood vessels to carry blood around the body. When the heart beats, it pushes blood through the arteries. When a person is healthy arteries, blood flows through blood vessels, only a bit of resistance. But a person whose blood vessels are narrow, to prevent the arterial blood streaming through them. The heart has to work harder to make blood, where it should go, and in this way, high blood pressure occurs. High blood pressure a huge burden on your heart and can damage arteries. This increases the risk for cardiac problems and renal failure. Hypertension is often called the "silent killer" because many men and women are not even aware they have it. This is because the majority of the people who have high blood pressure have no symptoms.
Several factors increase the risk of high blood pressure. Some you can control, and some can be. The perpetrators can not be a control are: age, the risk of hypertension increases with age, heredity. If you have close relatives who have high blood pressure, use of tobacco products, you are at higher risk, the fat that regular physical activity, consumption of too much salt. Doctors recommend that all the grownups 18 years and older is considered hypertension. If you have high blood pressure, the following are some tips to help you reduce it to stop smoking. Nicotine makes blood vessels narrower and heart beat faster, which increases blood pressure. To limit sodium and alcohol intake, use a balanced diet rich in vitamins and low in fat, Exercise regularly, and half an hour, or 5 days a week.
