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How Cardiovascular Disease Relates To Hypertension
There is a clear-cut link between cardiovascular disease and hypertension. Most of us have heard the saying that hypertension is ” the silent killer" and not in vain. High blood pressure is very dangerous if left untreated and very often due to mild symptoms it is not diagnosed until it is too late. When you hear that your 45 years old friend died of sudden massive cardiac arrest, chances are that he or she were suffering from hypertension and did not know about it, left it untreated and boom! The heart just gave out.
Cardiovascular Disease And Hypertension Statistics
Statistics show that three in every five people who die of heart attack did previously suffer from hypertension. It is true that cardiovascular disease and hypertension are closely inter-related as anyone who suffers from moderate and severe hypertension fall into high risk group for cardiovascular disease.
This happens because the hypertension puts too much pressure on the heart. Unless the blood pressure is brought under control soon it simply collapses under the stress. There
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What Can You Do To Lower Your Cardiovascular Disease And Hypertension Risk?
If you want to live and lead a qualitative life, you need to take full control of your life or face the terrible consequences.
Though there is medication to control high blood pressure it must be taken regularly and seriously which very few people do.
There are many research studies which are looking into the possibility of making a drug that can reverse cardiovascular disease and these show promising results. However, until such a drug is discovered and well within your reach you need to keep a close watch on all the factors that strengthen the cardiovascular disease and hypertension link through all the means available to you.
If you have high blood pressure you need to change your life style without which there is little chance that you would get rid of hypertension. You need to eat healthy, exercise daily, cut down stress levels, avoid alcohol and stop smoking.
This is a very long list the alternative of which would be a life like a vegetable followed by a stroke (caused by thickening and narrowing of the arteries) or plain death followed by cardiac failure.
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