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I really want to reach everyone that I can to stress the importance of understanding the risks of not addressing hypertension and consequences to your health. The consequences of not addressing and taking care of your blood pressure can be devastating. Hopefully after you read this article you will understand the risks of ignoring elevated blood pressure and only you can make a decision to take care of your health.
As a health care professional I have had numerous opportunities to educate patients about the risks with elevated blood pressure( hypertension ). Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries as blood flows through them. Arteries carry oxgenated blood from the heart to the body's tissues. It is very important to keep your arteries healthy and functioning to the max.

In order for patients to understand the seriousness of having untreated blood pressure it is important that the patient understand the risk factors for this diesease. There are risk factors that can be controlled and risk factors that you cannot change or do anything about.
The risk factors that you can change are following a healthy diet with reduced fats and sugars. Some patients also benefit from reduced salt intake. You can reduce your weight by staying active and eating less calories. Simple things like walking up a flight of stairs or parking farther away from abuilding entrance can help you to stay healthyi. Heavy alcohol consumption and smoking are habits that only you can stop.If you need hhelp to stop these behaviors there are many agencies out there. We all have stress but how we manage our stress can affect our blood pressure. Always add fun things in your daily life or use relaxing techniques to help keep your level of stress down.
The risk factors you cannot change are things like your age and if you are a male. Your race and family history you are stuck with. The purpose of identtifying these risk factors is to avoid or eliminate risk factors that you can change. This is especially improtant if you have risk factors that you cannot change to help reduce your risk of developing high blood pressure.
It is also vital that parents educate thier children since blood pressure has increased in children because of childhood obesity and lack of exercise. It is important children are involved in physical exercise and not sitting in front of the TV or computer all day. Education about blood pressure needs to start when you

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