High blood pressure is a serious thing for aging adults and individuals which involves risk factors for cardiovascular disease. If you are specially advised by doctor to keep a check on your blood pressure or you might like to know about blood pressure, here are some useful tips:

What is blood pressure?

Blood pressure is a measure of how harsh the blood is being pushed through the arteries. Blood pressure levels vary depending upon activity level and stress level. Higher than normal blood pressure may cause stroke, damage to blood vessels and kidneys.

What is a Blood Pressure Rea

Hypertension is also referred as high blood pressure. Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing up against the blood vessel walls. Higher the pressure the harder the heart has to pump. Hypertension can cause several illness such as heart attack or heart stroke, heart failure, kidney failure, aneurysm.

Nearly 35% of people are not aware that they have high blood pressure. Extremely high blood pressure may show some symptoms such as:

• Headaches
• Dizziness
• Irregular Heartbeat
• Traces of blood
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