If you have lots of money but not a good health then what is the use of all your money, if you cannot go out, if you cannot run, if you cannot enjoy the fresh air. It is a very heartbreaking situation if you cannot do anything what you want to do. Therefore, to keep ourselves healthy, we have to do few things such as consumption of healthy foods, regular exercise, regular medical checkups and the most important things to keep in touch with the latest news on medicine. But even with those precautions blood pressure is a common illness that most of the people suffer and they are unaware of it.

The pressure of blood against the walls of our arteries is known as blood pressure. This pressure of blood is recorded as 2 specific numbers- the diastolic pressure and the systolic pressure. The record of blood pressure when our heart relaxes is known as diastolic pressure and the record of blood pressure when our heart beats fast is known as systolic pressure. This count is written before or one above the other, the diastolic number is written in bottom and the systolic number is written on top.

A person suffering from hypertension the risk of getting kidney disease or heart disease or a stroke. It is really very dangerous because it does not show any symptom or warning signs like other illnesses. Anybody on any age can get hypertension. Studies showed that 1 in every 4 US adult citizens have hypertension. Once you develop hypertension, it will last for lifetime but taking some actions you are able to control it successfully. If you think you have hypertension you can check it regularly, normally doctors a high blood pressure patient after taking 2 readings. Blood pressure reading of 140/90 mmHg or higher is approved as hypertension.

You are able to take actions to prevent or control your hypertension with a healthy lifestyle. Eating healthy, maintaining a healthy weight, eating low fat foods and lots of vegetables, using less salt in food, avoiding alcohol & smoking, taking medicine properly etc will help you to control or in preventing from hypertension. It is very important to take action to control your blood pressure. With a healthy lifestyle you are able to control hypertension if you have. Those people who are suffering from kidney diseases and diabetes must have blood pressure of 140/90 or less in order to maintain their health.