Having diabetesincreases the risk of high blood pressure, which can cause serious health problems. Learn more about blood pressure to understand how it relates to health.

What is blood pressure?
Blood pressure indicates the force with which blood pushes the walls of the arteries as it moves through your body. Pressure is common to go up and down throughout the day, but remains high, means that it suffers from high blood pressure or hypertension. High blood pressure may start to damage the blood vessels, heart and kidneys, which can cause a stroke or a heart attack.

If ever the doctor has taken the pressure, you’ve heard the result consists of two numbers. One refers to the systolic and diastolic another. The first number refers to systolic pressure measures the force with which the blood presses the wall of the arteries when the heart beats. The second number measures diastolic pressure, indicating the force with which blood pushes between heartbeats, when the heart is relaxed and fills with blood. For example, it is considered normal blood pressure of 120/80 or less. Any measurement above that is considered high blood pressure.

What causes high blood pressure?

Experts can not find the exact cause, but having diabetes, being overweight, eating too much salt or alcohol, and a family history of hypertension are causes of blood pressure may be higher than normal.

What are the symptoms?

There is good reason why hypertension is known as “the silent murderer.” No symptoms. Most people do not realize they have high blood pressure until they go to the doctor for a routine checkup or for some other reason. High blood pressure can cause headaches, vision problems, nausea and vomiting.

What is the treatment for high blood pressure?
Depending on the severity, the doctor may prescribe medication. But a healthy change in lifestyle can also lower a person’s blood pressure. These changes may include exercising, losing weight, eating a healthy diet, reduce the amount of salt consumed and smoking cessation.

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Care of the mouth:

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