Are There any Symptoms of High Blood Pressure?


They don’t call high blood pressure or hypertension "The Silent Killer" for nothing. The most critical thing about high blood pressure is that the symptoms are almost nonexistent till any major disaster like strokes or massive heart attack strikes.

High blood pressure can be present for years and go unnoticed. Unless you get checkups on a regular basis, there is virtually no way in which you can know it’s there. Actually, in accordance with the AHA, some 60 million people in the US live with the disease without even knowing it!

The only good news about high blood pressure is that it’s controllable and reversible if you bring some simple changes in your lifestyle. True! Millions out there are adopting OTC hypertension medication.

Still, a great majority of them can deal with the condition successfully in a natural way without any drugs. Fortunately, even the ones who are in the advanced stages of hypertension can benefit from bringing some positive changes in their way of life.

There are some common hypertension symptoms. They become obvious when the systolic and / or diastolic blood pressure level climbs 20 points over the normal level.

The most common symptoms are blurry vision, headache, dizziness and throbbing in the nape area, especially if the pain isn’t attributable to the muscular / skeletal conditions.

Such symptoms might not turn out to be very grave. Still, they are signs of a terrible medical condition, which calls for immediate attention. Such kinds of high blood pressure symptoms won’t impair your day to day activities. However, this does not mean that you should ignore them.

At the other end of the spectrum, there are other symptoms of high blood pressure which are pretty alarming and call for instant action. Such symptoms are present when you have 140+ mm Hg diastolic blood pressure reading.

Nevertheless, things depend a lot on the existence of many other risk factors. Some important and severe hypertension symptoms are very painful headache inducing vomiting, deafness, and blurry vision. As said earlier, dizziness or lightheadedness can causes disorientation too.

Proper education on how to treat hypertension when such symptoms manifest themselves is critical for curing the condition. When the blood pressure reaches very alarming levels, certain remedies must be taken to stabilize the patient's readings.

Medication, naturally, is the top option for a great majority of people. However, if a medical expert is unfamiliar with the medical background of a patient, the resorting to medication could turn out to be as unsafe as letting the hypertension go untreated.

Physical signs of symptoms associated with extremely high blood pressure could oftentimes leave you confused. Even the attending physician could miss these symptoms.

So it's crucial that if you experience any kind of illness, immediately have your blood pressure checked. There are some instances when the doctors discover high blood pressure when they are trying to diagnose an entirely different illness.

As high blood pressure can cause damage to virtually all the crucial parts and organs of your body, you would not want to end up missing the vivid signs. The biggest mistake could be to leave your blood pressure unchecked for too long.

If the silent killer is approaching, you can find different kinds of cardiac problems like liver / kidney disease and possibly vision problems or even stroke. Still, the most common symptoms include headache, ataxia (problems with walking), convulsions, blurred vision, internal / external tremors and giddiness.

Some of the signs could easily be mistaken for something else. Besides, high blood pressure could turn out to be a symptom of yet another problem. Some of the most noticeable signs of high blood pressure are related to diabetes.

Unfortunately, these symptoms are similar to the signs of somebody who gets drunk. When there are cardiac damages that occur because of high blood pressure, the patient might complain of exhaustion even in the case of minor exertion.

Some people feel breathless and sweaty. In most cases, this happens when substantial damages of the heart have occurred. This calls for further investigation and treatment.

Now you know what the symptoms of high blood pressure are. Do not wait until they manifest themselves. Check your blood pressure regularly and call your doctor immediately if it goes over normal levels.

Warren Tattersall has been a full time nutritional consultant for over a decade and works with people all over the world to help them improve their health, increase their personal energy levels and to use supplements to assist with diet related health issues.

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