High blood pressure (HBP) is known to many as the "silent killer." It can lead to strokes, extreme hypertension, kidney problems, and even a deadly heart attack. A high blood pressure monitor would be very important for someone who sufferers from this "silent killer", allowing a user to know whether they are at safe levels or are reaching deadly levels. However, it is important that one knows what high blood pressure is, what causes it, and how one can get rid of it before purchasing a monitor.
So what is high blood pressure?
It is when the force at which blood is pumping through the arteries is too strong. This tires out the heart, damages the arteries, and can lead to the deadly symptoms listed above (i.e. heart attack, stroke, etc.).
There are two different types of HBP: diastolic and systolic. High systolic pressure is when the rate at which your heart pumps blood is too high. High diastolic pressure is when the resting blood pressure of your heart is too high. You can easily check for both of these types of HBP with a special monitor.
What are the causes of HBP?
Nine out of ten times, HBP has been linked to factors such as obesity, high sodium intake, high alcohol use, use of the birth control pill, inadequate exercise, drug use, and certain heredity traits.
Yes, a HBP monitor is good to have, and it does work to let you know what your pressure is. However, it is not going to cure your HBP. As a matter of fact, it's not even going to relieve you of your hypertension or reduce your risk of stroke or heart attack. All that the monitor will tell you is what your the pressure of your blood is.
Many people with high blood pressure fear a heart attack or dying young, so those people should change certain bad habits to reduce blood pressure. Cures for hypertension and HBP are outside the scope of this article, but a simple internet search for cures should yield the results you are looking for.
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