About High Blood Pressure
It’s important to learn more about high blood pressure and work closely with your doctor. The more you know, the more you’ll see it’s possible to manage high blood pressure.
What is high blood pressure?
Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the walls of your arteries. High blood pressure means that your blood is moving through your arteries with a pressure higher than normal. The higher the pressure inside your arteries, the higher your blood pressure numbers may be.
Silent and serious
Most of the time, high blood pressure is “silent”—which means you may feel no symptoms. That’s why people can have high blood pressure and not even know it. And it’s important to know that uncontrolled high blood pressure can lead to other serious health problems.
High blood pressure can be controlled
Start by learning more about high blood pressure—and the small steps you can take to manage it day by day. It’s possible to lower your blood pressure and live a healthy life. Talk with your doctor and get information from other trusted resources.
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Know the risk factors of high blood pressure
Find out what makes someone more likely to get high blood pressure.
Understanding your numbers
Learn what blood pressure numbers are normal and what numbers are high.
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A common health problem
1 in 3 Americans has high blood pressure. Left untreated, it can lead to other serious health problems.
