Sunday, August 19, 2007

High Blood Pressure, what is it?

Apparently there is an alarming trend in the rate of High Blood Pressure or Hypertension depending on how you want to view it. After a decline over the past three decades, apparently it is on the increase. In the United States of America they reckon that there are a staggering 50 million plus people over the age of six who are sufferers of High Blood Pressure. High Blood Pressure is an insidious disease. The reason for this is that it actually has very little in the way of outward symptoms or warning signs. A shocking fact is that 30 percent of the people who sufferer from it don’t actually realise that they suffer from it. If left untreated, over the years, High Blood Pressure quietly goes about its business and damages virtually every organ in the body and actual View the rest of this article


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