High blood pressure (HBP) is a serious condition that can lead to coronary heart disease, heart failure, stroke, kidney failure, and other health problems.
“Blood pressure” is the force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps blood. About 1 in 3 adults in the United States has high blood pressure. The condition itself usually has no signs or symptoms. You can have it for years without knowing it. Therefore it matters knowing your blood pressure numbers, cause high blood pressure can damage your heart, blood vessels, kidneys, and other body organs and if high blood pressure exists than treatment can be undertaken.
Blood pressure is measured as systolic (sis-TOL-ik) and diastolic (di-ah-STOL-ik) pressures.
- “Systolic” refers to blood pressure when the heart beats while pumping blood – it is the top number.
- “Diastolic” refers to blood pressure when the heart is at rest between beats – it is the bottom number.
The table below shows the different categories for different blood pressure numbers for adults aged (18 and older). The unit millimeters of mercury (mmHg) are used to measure blood pressure.
CATEGORY | SYSTOLIC (TOP NUMBER) | DIASTOLIC (BOTTOM NUMBER) |
|
---|---|---|---|
NORMAL | Less than 120 | And | Less than 80 |
PREHYPERTENSION | 120–139 | Or | 80–89 |
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE | |||
STAGE 1 | 140–159 | Or | 90–99 |
STAGE 2 | 160 or higher | Or | 100 or higher |
Even moderate elevation of arterial blood pressure is associated with a shortened life expectancy. Prevent high blood pressure by reducing sodium (salt) intake, most adults should have less than one teaspoon, or 1,500 milligrams, of sodium a day. Maintaining a healthy weight through dietary and lifestyle changes can improve blood pressure control and decrease the risk of associated health complications, although treatment is often necessary in people for whom lifestyle changes prove ineffective or insufficient.
THE SECRET HERBS: At Heart Natural Care our herbal remedies are the part of a family treasures since they have been passed on from generation to generation, and the natural herbs used in the remedy to break the curse of high blood pressure has been a family secret for the last 150 years. Today we at Heart Natural Care are proud that our high blood pressure herbal supplement ‘Hilosure’ benefits the users. Only natural herbs have been used and the remedy is so potent that the curse of high blood pressure is soon a history. The herbal supplement is purely natural.