Please share an interesting fact about high blood pressure.

Hypertension: Hypertension is a risk factor for retinal vein occlusions.

If: If you have always had a normal blood pressure at 55, you still have 90% chance of hypertension.

The: The arm blood pressure cuff must be placed at heart level for accurate readings.

Uncontrolled: Uncontrolled hypertension can cause retinopathy and vision changes.

High: High blood pressure is actually preventable with proper nutrition, exercise, and rest.

The: The hemoglobin number is usually one-third the hematocrit.

Taking: Taking blood pressure medications regularly is important. Mail order pharmacies keep you on track.

Relaxation: Relaxation techniques and specifically "autogenic training".

Genes can be manipulated by life style; stress is part of life. Diet is the proper fuel.

Follow: Follow a low sodium diet. Use garlic, onions or pepper as seasoning instead.

Vitamin: Vitamin c, coq10, magnesium, eating an alkaline diet, are all beneficial for blood pressure.

The: The relationship between blood pressure and cardiovascular risk is continuous and graded.

Salt: Salt doesn't raise blood pressure in all people.

The: The salt that has the most impact on your blood pressure is that from eating out and processed foods.

Risk: Risk for hypertension increases with weight.

Your: Your blood pressure may be out of control even if you feel fine.

Salt: Salt reduction is helpful for all kids. Talk to your child's doc before any dietary restrictions.

Men: Men with waists >40" and women with waists >35" are at higher risk for developing high bp.

Drinking: Drinking 2 alcoholic beverages per day will lower blood pressure -- but only by 2-4 points.

Some: Some people are more sensitive to caffeine than others: a cup of coffee may raise BP by 10 points!

Eat: Eat a dash diet that is high in potassium, low in sodium, with plenty of fruits & vegetables.

To: To lower blood pressure, replace regular (sodium) salt with potassium (losalt) & spice/citrus blends (mrs dash).

A: A small alcohol-containing drink will increase BP by 1 mmhg. Cut back if you have hypertension.

Make: Make sure your doctor also considers your stress levels in treating your blood pressure.

Smoking: Smoking is one of the few ways that patients have control over blood pressure. Please stop!

Belly: Belly breathing has been shown to decrease the sympathetic nervous system output and decrease bp.

If: If you don't control your blood pressure... Impotence, heart failure, heart attack, & stroke await.

Blood: Blood pressure responses to changes in dietary sodium & potassium are stable and reproducible.

Chronic: Chronic kidney disease can cause treatment-resistant hypertension (high blood pressure).

Salt: Salt substitutes help with blood pressure control.

Thinking: Thinking about racial identity may increase blood pressure by 5 mm hg in non white americans.

Diastolic: A diastolic blood pressure over 110 with symptoms could indicate an impending stroke or brain bleed.

Treating: Treating your high blood pressure which maybe silent, will help cure your headache which isn't.

The: The eye is the only place doctors can examine the health of naked blood vessels inside the body.

Even: even occasional high BP reading in childhood, as well as obesity predict high BP as adults.

You: You have "pre-hypertension, " if your blood pressure ranges 120-139 / 80-89 on 2 occasions!

Diabetics: Diabetics with HTN have twice the number of heart attacks as non-diabetics with high blood pressure!

Hypertensive: Hypertensive crisis is a BP >210 / >120. Except for aortic dissection, bps are decreased slowly!

Abnormal: Abnormal swelling (angioedema) occurs 4x more often in blacks on ace inhibitors than other races.

Most: Most elderly, hypertensive patients will require 2 or more meds to achieve their BP goals.

Most: Most people have "refractory hypertension, " because they just aren't taking their medications!

High: High blood pressure that is difficult to control may be due to untreated obstructive sleep apnea!

Low: Low salt diet will help improve your blood pressure.

High: High blood pressure is leading cause of heart disease and stroke.

Blood: Blood pressure includes a systolic (top number) ; diastolic (bottom number) reading. Example: 120/80.

Systolic: Systolic BP (top number) measures the pressure in the arteries when the heart beats.

Diastolic: Diastolic BP (bottom number) measures the pressure in the arteries between heartbeats.

120/80: 120/80 reads as "120 over 80 millimeters of mercury" or mm hg.

Hypertensive: Hypertensive crisis, systolic 180 or diastolic 110 (or higher), is an emergency.

If: If you blood pressure is higher than normal, a good idea is to keep a BP record and measure at home.

Stage: Stage 2 hypertension is systolic 160 or diastolic 100 (or higher).

About: About one-third of adults in the U.S. Are estimated to have high blood pressure.

Prehypertension: Prehypertension is systolic 120-139 or diastolic 80-89.

Stage: Stage 1 hypertension is systolic 140-159 or diastolic 90-99.

Systemic,: Systemic, pulmonary, portal, intra-cranial, intra-occular..Etc are various forms of hypertension.

Low: Low salt diet, regular exercise and weight loss are essential in controlling "essential hypertension."