Safely Lower Your Blood Pressure With These Simple Tips
Safely Lower Your Blood Pressure With These Simple Tips
When you are diagnosed with hypertension or high blood pressure, it can be a little difficult to immediately lower it especially if the blood pressure has been consistently high for a long time.
When a person’s blood pressure you will be given with two numbers, namely the systole and diastole. The normal reading would be 120 over 80. If the systole, reaches above 140 and remains there for a long time, it is considered as high. On the other hand, if the diastolic pressure is above 90, then it is already high.
Those who are experiencing a high BP would be advised to do some ways that will lower their BP. True enough, there are a lot of possible ways on how to decrease the BP; however, not all can be safe. Here are some of the ways to safely lower your BP:
Make an effort to lose weight. One of the major reasons why a person is hypertensive is because he is overweight. If you are overweight and you are hypertensive, the best way is to lose weight. You’ll see that after losing at least 10 pounds, your BP
will also be lower. With an effective weight loss, you will be able to maintain a normal blood pressure.
Have a regular routine exercise. Although you may think that this is a part of weight loss regimen, a regular exercise can also help in relieving hypertension. In addition, with a regular exercise, serious medical conditions such as heart diseases can also be prevented. Exercise facilitates the blood circulation which allows all parts of the body to receive adequate blood supply.
Avoid smoking and alcohol. If you are the type of person that smokes and drinks alcohol too often, then you need …
Hypertension: 6 Effective Home Remedies For Hypertension
Hypertension: 6 Effective Home Remedies For Hypertension
Hypertension is, for many of us, the result of our lifestyle choices. Although there is no magic pill or cure for our condition, that does not mean we cannot take effective action to lower our high blood pressure by managing our condition. Here are six safe home remedies that are very effective if used in combination.
6 Effective home remedies
# 1. Healthy diet
Adopting a healthy balanced diet is the foundation of managing our hypertension. A major contributor to our condition is our poor dietary choices and habits. We may have had these bad habits for decades, but we need to break them. A simple way of doing that is to change our diet from poor food choices to healthy eating over a period of 30 days during which period we can use up the food we have in stock and replace it with fresh fruit and vegetables of all colours, lean white meat, oily and white fish.
# 2. Lose weight
The link between high blood pressure and obesity is well established. Shedding the extra pounds will have a direct positive effect not only on our BP readings, but also on our general health. The aim is to achieve our ideal body weight over a period of time by a combination of healthy eating and exercise.
# 3. Become more active
Exercise has multiple benefits for our health. Through the release of endorphins we feel happier. Physical activity also has an almost immediate beneficial effect on our hypertension. Within half an hour of completing some moderate exercise, our BP readings are lowered and they stay down for almost 24 hours.
The benefits of exercise are cumulative – every bit helps. No special equipment is needed. Walking, cycling, jogging, swimming, house work, …
Vaccines For Influenza Prevention in Schools in Central Texas
Vaccines For Influenza Prevention in Schools in Central Texas
Scott and White Healthcare provides a voluntary research study to help parents and children learn more about flu and flu prevention. You should be on the lookout for Seasonal Flu Vaccination Packets being sent home with your child or via the mail if your child goes to school in this area.
You should read the information contained in these packets carefully and then be sure to sign the Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Permission Form and return it to school if you want your child to get the vaccine. Also be sure you completely fill out all information on the form or it can affect your child’s ability to get the flu vaccine.
The goal of this VIPS research study is to prevent the seasonal flu which can become an epidemic in Central Texas schools. The program attempts to achieve this by improving flu vaccination in both students and staff.
What is VIPS?
VIPS stands for Vaccines for Influenza Prevention in Schools and this is a research study which is jointly developed by Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and Scot and White Clinic in Temple, Texas as well in collaboration with school districts of:
· Academy
· Belton
· Bryan
· College Station
· Holland
· Rogers
· Salado
· Temple
· Troy
· Waco
· As well as the Bell County Health Department
The combined efforts of all of these organizations and school districts have a goal to improve season flu by giving vaccination to students and staff. Studies have shown that this can help reduce the number of flu infections in students, their families and the community in general.
The study hopes to find the impact of vaccinating students and teachers and to reduce the amount of children who …
What is Swine Flu? Your Questions Answered
What is Swine Flu? Your Questions Answered
A new influenza virus called swine flu is creating panic not only among Americans but is causing panic on a global scale. The virus continues to spread from person to person and from one country to another. Barely two months after the virus was detected in the United States, the World Health Organization, declared on June 11, 2009, that a pandemic is underway.
The virus was first called swine flu because of research and laboratory test findings that shows a similarity between the genes of the new virus to the influenza virus occurring in North America’s swine population. The world’s pig population generally carried the swine influenza virus, but it was not common for the virus to be transmitted from pigs to humans.
Despite this, regular exposure to pigs can increase one’s risk of getting the HiNi infection. However, there is no risk of being infected with the virus by mere consumption of the meat of an infected animal provided the meat is cooked properly.
Doctors however decided to refer to the virus as HiNi and no longer swine flue, to dissociate the virus from the perception that it can be acquired by eating pig or pork. The rare cases of humans infected by the swine flu virus were among those who had direct contact with the animal. The latest HiNi outbreak is however caused by a different virus which has changed and can now infect people who have not had any close contact with pigs, and which can be passed on from person to person.
The new swine flu virus is not even the same as the seasonal influenza called AH1N1 virus which has existed for many years. Thus, doctors would rather call the new swine flu virus as “novel influenza A …
Difference Between Epidemic and Pandemic Level Outbreaks – Comparisons
Difference Between Epidemic and Pandemic Level Outbreaks – Comparisons
Regular Influenza Epidemic
Influenza, popularly termed ‘the flu’, is brought about by the influenza virus, affecting the respiratory tract, including the lungs, nose and throat. It usually starts from mild to serious sickness, and sometimes can be fatal also. The influenza virus can be passed on from person to person via the respiratory droplets from coughs and sneezes, just like the swine flu virus.
This may be transmitted through direct person-to-person contact especially of the hands, or having contact with air borne droplets expelled by persons infected with influenza up to three feet away from each other. This is another difference between epidemic and pandemic.
Indications or symptoms of influenza may include some or all of the following: headache, fever, general weakness of the body, running or stuffed nose, muscle aches, sore throat and dry coughing. Additional symptoms in children may include gastrointestinal problems like nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and stomach aches.
The average incubation period of influenza, or the time the virus is considered communicable is about 7 days, with the first 2 days prior to the actual manifestation of the illness, and the next 5 days manifesting its full symptoms. For children with a lower immune system, the influenza virus may even take longer than a week to subside.
The flu and the common cold are caused by different viruses albeit they are both respiratory illnesses. There is an inherent difficulty in differentiating between the two viruses other than identifying its common symptoms. There should be caution in pointing out the difference between epidemic and pandemic level outbreaks.
Basically, influenza is much worse and complicated than the cold, and the flu’s accompanying symptoms like fever, headache, general weakness of the body, muscle pains, dry cough and sore throat, are more …
The Best High Blood Pressure Diet to Date
The Best High Blood Pressure Diet to Date
Did you know a high blood pressure diet tailored specifically for HBP pressure can and will lower your hypertension? Wow, what a concept. So many people out there just don’t realize that a simple change in their eating habits will solve this common disease.
Many go to the doctor, get a check-up, (one of the most important vital signs is the taking of your blood pressure, in case you didn’t know), find out they have HBP, and simply wait to get a prescription right there on the spot to hopefully reduce their HBP by taking drugs.
It may work, or it may not. It all depends if you follow your doctors advice, which many people will not. What would he tell you to do? Exercise, eat healthy, and take your pills. The meds only control the problem, they don’t cure it. You, on the other hand have to take charge and take action to get rid of the HBP yourself. You most likely have put yourself in this position by lifestyle choices you made in the past. Now, it time to change them again.
The fist thing you must do is change your diet. A high blood pressure diet is a diet specifically tailored to people who have high blood pressure. Its main goal is to reduce,or eliminate, sodium (salt) in the diet and increase potassium, calcium, and magnesium. So the next thing to do is to start on a high blood pressure diet. And this diet is? Drum roll please, The DASH diet, or the Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension.
Now your wondering, where do I start? What foods lower high blood pressure? That, my friend, is a good question. Simple answer, there all at your local grocery store. The most …
Treat Influenza and Its Symptoms With Electronic Acupuncture
Treat Influenza and Its Symptoms With Electronic Acupuncture
If you feel that you have a really bad cold, but the illness happened rather suddenly, chances are you have influenza. A cold develops gradually whereas the flu can happen within hours of exposure to the virus. Unfortunately, there is no cure for the flu, only stop gap treatments for its many symptoms. If you are weary about pumping yourself full of pain relievers and decongestants, consider electronic acupuncture to treat influenza and its symptoms.
Typical Flu Symptoms
Influenza typically mimics many of the symptoms of the common cold: runny nose, sore throat, sneezing and nasal congestion. However, the flu throws in a few more factors such as fever, headache, aching muscles, sweat and chills and even dry coughing. Overall, the symptoms feel like a bad cold times ten or twenty, depending on the severity of the infection.
Because the flu is a viral infection, you basically have to let it run its course. However, you do not necessarily have to grimace and bear it though. Sure, you can take over the counter medications to alleviate some of the symptoms but they are only short term solutions. Electronic acupuncture has the ability to treat influenza and its symptoms without invasive medications.
Electronic Acupuncture Overview
The basic principles of acupuncture state that illness is nothing but energy blocked within the body. If you can unblock a particular energy pathway to restore flow, you will feel better. Traditional acupuncture uses tiny needles inserted along the body whereas the electronic version is in the form of a small handheld device with a wand that delivers electromagnetic wave impulses into specific points located on the hand and palm. These acupoints are shown on a hand map so that you can accurately pinpoint specific body functions.
When …
Swine Flu H1N1 Virus – What You Need to Know About It
Swine Flu H1N1 Virus – What You Need to Know About It
Swine flu is currently responsible for the most recent pandemic in the US, Mexico and a many other countries. However this is not the first time that the swine flu has been a problem. Swine flu was responsible for a pandemic in the early 1900s as well as a small outbreak in the mid 1950s. There are many different strains of this flu and you can receive a vaccination against it.
The most recent version of this flu, which is actually a form of influenza, is the H1N1 strain. The main countries that have been affected include Mexico, the United States and Canada. This most recent strain is particularly dangerous because it is also affecting people that are in perfect health and are not immune compromised. Normally those that are affected by the flu are the elderly and those in poor health.
Many doctors say that some of the deaths related to H1N1 could have been prevented if treatment was not delayed. If you can recognize and catch the symptoms early on then you can easily treat the flu. The flu is not only causing concern for individual’s health but also to the economy as the swine flu is causing the markets to panic and fluctuate wildly.
Though it is not certain where the swine flu originated it is though that it was from a pig farm owned by Smithfield foods. This disease is generally only found in pigs but it is possible for the disease to pass to humans if the human has a lot of contact with pigs. Pigs are very susceptible to the flu as they can catch the flu from humans, other pigs and birds.
Swine flu is an airborne disease and spread from …
Avoid Influenza This Season – Get a Flu Shot
Avoid Influenza This Season – Get a Flu Shot
The flu season is upon us and there will be many people either trying to fight the flu or ignoring it. Ignoring the flu is not a good idea as it is a dangerous disease. Between the years 1979 and 2001 there were more then two hundred thousand people hospitalized with the flu or its complications each year. And between the years 1990 and 1999 about thirty six thousand people succumbed to the disease each year. The disease is most likely to attack the senior community.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says that the best thing to do to ward off the flu is to have a flu shot every year. They suggest that anyone six months or older should have a flu vaccination.
If you feel tired and sluggish, your muscles ache, you have a headache and feel nauseous and feverish; you may have the flu. Physicians will no doubt recommend plenty of bed rest, and a nutritious but light diet along with the flu vaccination, especially if you live in large metropolitan areas such as New York City.
Influenza, most commonly known as the flu, is an upper respiratory infection that causes illness and in many cases complications. The flu virus most often attacks children and seniors. The flu vaccination is the best way to prevent contracting influenza.
Since the introduction of the pandemic H1N1 virus (the swine flu) the flu shots that were administered had to be done in two parts. However, to make it easier, this year’s flu shots will have the protection against H1N1 virus included. This year’s flu vaccine will guard against two other flu viruses for which separate injection had to be given as well.
The flu vaccine is available between …
The Normal Blood Pressure for Men Analyzed
The Normal Blood Pressure for Men Analyzed
There is no difference between the normal blood pressure for men and women. It is the pressure exerted on the arteries as the heart pumps the blood through them. Regularly checking will ensure that there is no damage being done to your vital organs, such as the heart. The normal blood pressure for adults is 120/80mm Hg. The top reading, called the systolic, should be 120mm Hg or less and for the diastolic, the reading should not exceed 80mm Hg. These readings are considered to be normal. It is very unlikely that the reading will be exactly as given above, but if a range close to 120/80mm Hg is shown on three consecutive readings, then it can be accepted as being normal.
It can be hard work trying to keep blood pressure at a normal level constantly, due to the lifestyles most of us lead. The habits that we have fallen into such as using tobacco, alcohol, unhealthy and irregular diet, stress, and no exercise, are all factors that are not only detrimental to your blood circulation, but they can also affect other aspects of your health in a negative way.
It has been medically proven that exercising regularly will help to control your blood pressure. The fitter you are, the easier it will be to control it. Many families have a history of hypertension, and if you are from one of them you are also very likely to suffer from this condition. To combat this, it is important that you start at an early age to take care of your body by eating well and exercising regularly.
One of the main reasons for high blood pressure is the use of tobacco. It not only affects hypertension, but is damaging to the heart …