Because you must take it daily, remembering to take your blood pressure medicine can help you avoid things like heart attack and stroke. This eMedTV resource offers tips and suggestions for remembering to take your blood pressure medicine.
Lifestyle changes are often used first in the treatment of high blood pressure. This eMedTV resource describes these changes (such as losing weight and reducing salt intake), as well as drugs that have found to be helpful in lowering blood pressure.
The DASH high blood pressure diet, as this eMedTV resource explains, has been proven to lower a person's risk for hypertension. If your blood pressure is already high, this diet has been proven to lower it as well.
This section of the eMedTV library provides a list of high blood pressure questions you might consider asking your doctor. By asking high blood pressure questions, you can take a proactive role in controlling or preventing hypertension.
In many cases, high blood pressure in African Americans begins at an earlier age and is usually more severe. This eMedTV article offers tips for controlling high blood pressure to reduce the risk of death from stroke and kidney disease.
This eMedTV Web page describes the various types of high blood pressure during pregnancy a woman may experience (for example, preeclampsia and gestational hypertension). Various treatment options and preventive measures are offered as well.
As this portion of the eMedTV site explains, there may be a connection between birth control and high blood pressure, especially when risks associated with birth control and high blood pressure, like smoking, are present.
This eMedTV page outlines findings from recent studies concerning hormone replacement therapy and high blood pressure. They indicate that blood pressure does not increase significantly with hormone replacement therapy.
This section of the eMedTV library explores the link between high blood pressure and kidney problems. Renal failure is a common result of hypertension, and the kidneys of some people are particularly susceptible.
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