Are You At Risk Of High Blood Pressure?

High blood pressure is extremely dangerous and a major risk factor of many health complications such as heart attack, stroke, heart failure, and kidney failure. Get the facts from your physician on what causes the development of high blood pressure and how you can prevent being at risk.

Risk factors for high blood pressure:

• Middle age

• Family history of blood pressure

• Being overweight or obese

• Sexually inactive

• Tobacco use

• Too much sodium in your diet

• Lack of potassium in your diet

• Excessive alcohol consumption

• Stress

• High cholesterol

• Diabetes

• Kidney disease

• Sleep apnea

Help prevent high blood pressure by controlling your weight, maintaining a healthy diet, practicing regular physical activity, reducing your sodium, alcohol, and caffeine consumption, quitting smoking, reducing stress, and monitoring your blood pressure at home.

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