What are High Blood Pressure Symptoms?
As previously stated, often there are no warning signs or symptoms of high blood pressure, and you will not know you have it until a health professional takes a blood pressure reading or you do so personally with a cuff system. If you develop severe high blood pressure, you may have headaches, visual disturbances, nausea, and vomiting. Untreated extreme hypertension can rapidly damage the brain, heart, eyes, or kidneys, cause strokes or aneurysms and is a medical emergency that requires immediate hospitalization. How is Hypertension Usually Treated? If your blood pressure is in the prehypertension range (120139 / 8089 mm Hg), your doctor will usually recommend lifestyle modifications, including excess weight loss, regular exercise, alcohol limits, cutting back on salt and trans fatty acids, smoking cessation and implementation of the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet. The DASH diet is a low-fat, low-saturated-fat diet emphasizing the eating of more fruits, more vegeta
