Blood Pressure Direct

by Mort Barish

It is generally understood that coffee, tea and soft drinks will elevate your blood pressure, and that elevated pressure could lead to a heart attack or a stroke.

Caffeine is the most widely used drug in the world. It has been known to produce undesirable side effects such as nervousness, insomnia, irregular heart beat, high blood sugar and cholesterol levels, excess stomach acids and heartburn. Caffeine stimulates the central nervous system and can cause mild alertness, heightened anxiety and body tension. It can be habit forming. It depends on how you take it and how much you take. Age Read the rest of this entry »

by Max Johnson

Omron blood pressure monitors are the crème de la crème of the industry. These highly accurate and cost effective tools are appropriate for both clinical usage and home usage making them a versatile piece of medical equipment suited for just about anyone. Omron blood pressure monitors simply provide more of the stuff you need when it comes to the high quality components, design, and readings you need for your life and the life of those around you.

This is one manufacturer who has been around to insure their innovative designs are highly slim and sleek promoting a lot Read the rest of this entry »

by Jack L Bloom

High blood pressure is a medical condition that requires absolute attention on the food that you eat. There are certain foods that make the blood pressure shot up to alarming levels. High blood pressure is usually related to the aging process. It is also medically referred to as hypertension and it is a condition that indicates that the heart is working extra hard to pump blood to the different parts of the body. More often than not, high blood pressure is a symptom of a more complicated disease.

To most people, the recently developed new diet for high blood pressure called DASH, Read the rest of this entry »

by Dustin Cannon

Hypertension occurs when the arterial blood pressure is above normal. High blood pressure by itself is not harmful the real problem comes from the damage that is done to blood vessels and internal organs that are harmed by consistent high pressure.

There are no symptoms of hypertension, and the disorder is usually only detected via routine medical screenings or when the symptoms of organ damage are noticed. Of course, by the time such symptoms are noted, the damage is often irreversible. Fortunately, there are a number of hypertension treatment and hypertension medication options Read the rest of this entry »

by Joshua Poyoh

It is more convenient to have your own blood pressure monitor at home if you have been diagnosed with high blood pressure or hypertension. You could do monitoring in the comfort of your own home rather than going to the doctor's clinic.

You can also go to Walgreens, Sam's Club or other pharmacies that have the sit down automatic blood pressure machines available to customers who want to check their own pressure. These checks are fairly accurate, but your blood pressure may be different than it would be if you were checking at home. Part of the reason is that some people may be more anxious Read the rest of this entry »

by Brenda Williams

High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is a condition that aides in the development of many diseases and other conditions. High blood pressure is when a patient's blood pressure is at a chronically high level. If left untreated, high blood pressure can lead to prolonged illnesses and even death.

Hypertension is a leading cause of strokes, heart attacks, aneurysms, heart failure and chronic renal failure. There are two types of high blood pressure. They are essential, or primary, and secondary high blood pressure.

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by Gordon Cameron

How To Measure Blood Pressure

Do you know how to measure blood pressure? More and more people are becoming interested in the topic.

A machine called a sphygmomanometer is used to measure blood pressure. The machine has three parts- the sphygmomanometer, the sphygmomanometer cuff and the inflation bulb.

To measure a patients blood pressure, the cuff is wrapped around their upper arm with it laying flat and upward on a table or flat surface; the cuff is secured in place by a piece of Velcro. The doctor or nurse then places a stethoscope Read the rest of this entry »

by Brian Welsch

For decades men taking medication for high blood pressure and high cholesterol simply accepted the fact that the loss of their ability to attain or sustain an erection was just a fact of life. Even when the first drug to help men with erectile dysfunction hit the market, the fear of its interaction with other cardiac medications made many men, as well as doctors, shy away from its use for fear of exacerbating medical conditions.

There are physical as well as psychological issues that can cause erectile dysfunction in men and with over 29 million men suffering from high blood pressure, there Read the rest of this entry »

by Kum Kum Varma

Do you have high blood pressure? Maybe you want to prevent getting high blood pressure, no matter what the case is, there are everyday things you can do. What you eat, how much you exercise, even your habits can effect your blood pressure.

If you see your doctor regularly you more than likely have your blood pressure checked every time. This is a necessary procedure to monitor your pressure and be sure you don't have high blood pressure. There are different reasons one has high blood pressure and different things you can do to help lower it.

If you have high Read the rest of this entry »

by Gregg Hall

High blood pressure can kill you and very often you don't even know that you have it because you don't really feel the effects so readily. Just because you don't feel it doesn't mean it isn't there and you can't make it go away by ignoring it either. If you continue to have high blood pressure for an extended period of time is actually causes narrowing of the blood vessels that makes your heart work even harder. It is this condition that can lead to strokes and heart attacks.

Do you know your family history? Do you know what your risk is for hypertension? Nearly a third of all adults have Read the rest of this entry »