High Blood Pressure

High Blood Pressure: High blood pressure occurs when your blood flows with too much force through narrow arteries. This increased pressure called hypertension can cause other issues like a stroke or heart attack. There are many things to consider:

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Risk factors

Tends to increase with age, obesity, poor lifestyle habits such as drinking too much caffeine or alcohol, family genetics, and inactivity.

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Symptoms

Most of the time people don’t experience symptoms classifying it as a “silent killer”

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Treatments

Change lifestyle choices such as exercising, eating better, quitting smoking, reducing stress.

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Medication

• Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors

• Angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs)

• Diuretics

• Beta-blockers

• Calcium channel blockers

• Alpha-blockers

• Alpha-agonists

• Renin inhibitors

• Combination medications​