How To Treat High Or Low Blood Pressure

It would appear that the way we look at and treat high blood pressure is about to change and one of the ways that these changes are going to come about are as a result of a simplified approach and procedure for treating high blood pressure.

Now to the layperson these may appear like common sense but you have to remember that we are dealing with a complicated condition and disease and as such we have to consider our treatment options carefully.

According to a study published recently in the Robarts Research Institute in Canada, scientists appear to have developed a simplified and potentially much more effective method of treating high blood pressure.

The project leader, Dr Ross Feldman, a clinical pharmacologist, demonstrated through the study that more patients had their blood pressure lowered and actually to a greater extent when the healthcare practitioners or family doctors involved used a simplified treatment protocol rather than having to choose from the rather large (and growing) number of drugs available to treat the condition.

The other side effect of this particular study was that though the primary focus of the study was purely in relation to hypertension or high blood pressure it would appear from the initial results of this study that it could cause a massive change in the way healthcare practitioners and doctors treat a whole series of chronic conditions and diseases.

The trial, otherwise know as the Simplified Treatment Intervention To Control Hypertension (STITCH) trial was a programme that analyzed the results of the treatment of both the 2100 patients with high blood pressure spread over 45 family practices in Ontario in Canada.

What is it about high blood pressure that makes it a problem and when ignored so lethal?

Only in approximately 1 out of 20 cases will the sufferer be aware of their high blood pressure.

The majority of sufferers of high blood pressure, if undiagnosed go years without being aware of their condition, the so called “Silent Killer”.

If spotted there are a couple of signs that can be attributed to high blood pressure and if these are observed and with out apparent cause then they should not be left untreated.

These symptoms can include the following: Nosebleeds , Fainting Spells, Blurred Vision, Increased frequency of urinating at night.

The above taken together would tend to indicate an occurrence of high blood pressure but a careful diagnosis is needed as they just as easily could indicate associate conditions.

What is the exact definition of high blood pressure?

Using an internal network and system of vessels called arteries, the heart pumps blood and nutrients to the body’s major tissues and organs.

For about ninety percent of sufferers of high blood pressure, there is no single cause to be found and as such this type of high blood pressure is termed “Primary (Essential) High Blood Pressure”.

In the majority of cases where the cause of the high blood pressure can be traced directly to one particular failing organ or cause then it is not uncommon for the associate problems to be treated successfully where this “Secondary High Blood Pressure” is not the direct cause of the associate high blood pressure.

In very rare cases, that is to say less than 10 percent, the high blood pressure diagnosed lies within the category known as “Malignant Hypertension”. This can quite often be discovered by accident or through an associate medical test such as an eye examination whereby an Optician can detect abnormalities through the effect they have on the eye.

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If you’re seeking treatment of high blood pressure (and you’re right to do so because ignoring it gives you typically a doubled or tripled risk of heart attack and stroke) then you’ve come to the right place. In this article, I’ll share with you the only two ways that anybody can successfully beat hypertension and relieve themselves of worries about passing before their time.

The Wrong Way – Drugs

If you see your doctor about hypertension then he will almost certainly prescribe you drugs. This is fairly typical of the medical industry today, to instinctively reach for the pad and write a script whenever someone has a problem.

Now drugs are not generally bad but when it comes to high blood pressure then unfortunately there is no magic solution, far from it.

Your doctor will typically prescribe you drugs in pairs according to an “ABCD” rule which refers to the four main classes of hypertension drugs. The whole reason he prescribes them in pairs is to counteract the whole body side effects that come with each one.

Doctors are frequently changing the drug pairings every couple of months in an effort to reduce the side effects or to make the drugs work better because your body has started to tolerate them and your blood pressure is already rising again.

Surely there has to be a better way?

The Right Way – Natural Methods

Don’t think that natural methods for curing hypertension have no medical basis behind them. In fact, they have the strongest evidence backing them up in the form of wide ranging medical trials and having run the peer review process.

In simple terms, you can treat your high blood pressure successfully by using a combination of the following methods: dietary supplements, adding “good” foods, eliminating “bad” foods, the right type of exercise and the right type of stress reduction.

With the above strategy you can successfully reach 115/75, the optimum blood pressure, and eliminate your previously increased risk of heart attack, stroke and other cardiovascular disease.

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