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.
