by maddie rose
The Silent Killer There is a silent killer living among us. It is called Hypertention or High Blood Pressure, either name will mean the same condition. It is most deadly because there are symptome and many times, there ...read more
I would like to start my article, by explaining what Hypertension is. Hypertension is a doctor's fancy way of naming High Blood Pressure. Blood pressure is the force of your blood, pushing against you blood vessel walls. T...read more
Hypertension is called as "the silent killer" because people with hypertension are often symptom free. Many people with hypertension are unaware of having the condition. In the olden days, hypertension was regarded as the ...read more
High blood pressure is something that many people don't even know that they have. However it often has a great number of symptoms that people just aren't paying attention to. Most of these symptoms don't seem to be pointin...read more
by R.M. Ziegler
Hypertension is also known as high blood pressure and occurs when blood pressure readings are consistently high. In adults this occurs when the systolic number (top number) of a blood pressure reading is at or above 140 mm...read more
High blood pressure or hypertension is one of most frequent disease in the Western countries.In more than 50% of the patients with hypertension they are not aware about the disease. This pathological entity is discovered d...read more
by Siren
There's a good reason why hypertension, popularly known as high blood pressure, is called "the silent killer". People who have primary hypertension often don't know it until they've had their blood pressure taken during a...read more
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