How does HBP affect us?

Dec 22, 2018 | Know Your Heart

How does HBP affect us? Constant High Blood Pressure makes the heart work against a higher load and so it may enlarge and ultimately fail. When vital organs like brain, eyes and kidney are supplied blood at a high pressure they may gradually be damaged, ultimately...

How does salt and being overweight affect BP?

Dec 21, 2018 | Know Your Heart

How does salt and being overweight affect BP? A high-salt diet or overweight (obesity) are the most important reasons in the causation of HBP. Obesity burdens the heart and the lungs and thus, forces these vital organs to work harder. Also, eating more salt retains...

Who can get high blood pressure?

Dec 20, 2018 | Know Your Heart

Who can get high blood pressure? Despite so much research, it is still not clearly know why some people get HBP and others are spared. What is clear, however is that those who are overweight, have diabetes, are stressed or even have a relative who suffers from high...

High blood pressure.

Dec 15, 2018 | Know Your Heart

High blood pressure. Blood Pressure is the pressure exerted by the blood pushing against the blood vessel walls, It has two values, the upper or systolic (the contraction phase) should be 120 millimetres of mercury and the lower or diastolic (the relaxation period of...