Understanding Your Blood Pressure Readings

If you have reason to be concerned about your blood pressure, you should begin monitoring it yourself at home. High blood pressure or hypertension is known as ‘The Silent Killer’ because you cannot know whether you have it unless you measure it. You cannot guess or just feel it. First of all, you should talk to your doctor and he will give you some figures, then you can buy a blood pressure monitor and keep an eye on your condition.

How Can Exercise Reduce Your Blood Pressure?

If you are concerned about your blood pressure being high, which is also known as hypertension, you are almost certainly wondering what you can do about it. Well, no advice on medical matters would be complete without the get-out phrase of telling you to chat about it with your GP first, so now that we have got that out of the way, there are several things that you can do that your doctor will not argue with.

Remembering To Take Blood Pressure Medication

If you are suffering from high blood pressure, otherwise known as hypertension, and you failed to manage it by introducing lifestyle alterations, then you will almost certainly be taking blood pressure medication. This medicine is important to keep the ‘Silent Killer’ at bay. Therefore, it is equally vital to take the tablets on a regular basis, because otherwise your blood pressure will begin to increase fairly rapidly even within twenty-four hours of missing taking the blood pressure medication.