The pressure exerted by the blood on the wall of blood vessels is called blood pressure. High Blood Pressure increases the risk of heart diseases, stroke, blindness & more. You may know it as hypertension or high blood pressure. But another name for this disease is 'silent killer. Know Here’s why? Indus Health Plus provides best preventive health checkup packages such as heart checkup, full body checkup packages, fitness checkup, annual corporate checkup, executive checkup, couple checkup and family health checkup at 50% less than market cost with same day reports. Get avail health checkup packages at https://goo.gl/QmCVJQ Call Us: 0-90490-22222

1. The function of heart is to pump blood to various parts of the body. The force by
which heart uses to pump blood is called as blood pressure. Pressure of blood in the
arteries is also called as blood pressure. High blood pressure can lead to narrowing of
the artery causing damage to heart & brain. High blood pressure usually shows no
symptoms which is the reason many of us do not know that they are suffering for high
blood pressure. This is reason why high blood pressure is called as a silent killer. High
blood pressure is also called as hypertension. High blood pressure increases the risk
of stroke & heart attack.
2 Easy way out to this problem is to check your blood pressure regularly.
Blood Pressure
is a silent killer

2. Most of the time high blood pressure does
not shows peculiar symptoms & thus it is
symptomless. This is the basic reason why
high blood pressure is called as a silent
killer. Most of the time people will wait for
symptoms that will indicate that they have
a problem. However, in case of high blood
pressure mostly there is no significant
symptom. This is the reason why it is
dangerous at times. Only in case of
hypertensive crisis the nose will bleed
with headache.
Other indirectly related symptoms
of high blood pressure
are as follows:
1. Blood spots in eyes
2. Facial flushing
3. Dizziness
Blood Pressure Symptoms

3. Blood Pressure Causes
There are various causes of high blood pressure viz.,
 Smoking
 Obesity
 Excessive alcohol consumption
 Age
 Stress
 Genetics
 Family history
 Excess salt intake
 Lack of physical activity

4. Blood Pressure Effects
Risk of blood pressure increases with age. Usually it starts at the age of
45 in men. High blood pressure can damage your heart & blood vessels.
High blood pressure affects various organs of the body as follows :
2> Heart –
It can cause heart attack &
heart failure
1> Brain –
High blood pressure can lead to
stroke & dementia
3> Kidney –
High blood pressure can damage
kidney & cause kidney disease
5> Limbs –
Peripheral arterial disease is the
cause of high blood pressure
4> Complications in case of
Diabetes & High Cholesterol

5. Blood Pressure Prevention
Blood pressure is of 2 types’ viz., high blood pressure & low blood pressure. High
blood is caused due to unhealthy lifestyle such as alcohol, smoking, obesity & lack of
exercise. While low blood pressure is less prevalent. Low blood pressure is a result of
side effects of drugs & other medical conditions like heart failure.
Following are the ways by which blood pressure can be prevented:
Maintain
Healthy Weight
– Lose weight
if you are obese
Regular Exercise
– Regular exercise
reduces the risk of
BP by up to 50%
Limit Salt Intake
– Reducing salt intake
decreases blood pressure
Reduce Alcohol
Intake –
Excessive alcohol intake
increases the chances of
blood pressure
Reduce Stress
– Stress may increase blood pressure thus
reducing stress helps to decrease BP

6. Regular Health Checkup
Regular health checkup helps to keep a track on the blood pressure. Ideal blood
pressure is between 90/60 mmHg and 120/80 mm Hg. High blood pressure is
140/90 mmHg or higher. Monitoring blood pressure to keep the numbers in limit
is the key to good health. Regular health checkup will ensure that the blood
pressure is under control.
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