From the vast number of words that have been written about high blood pressure and treatment, one may get the idea that the subject is of great concern, important and confusing. Yes, confusing – who can possibly read the over 48 million listings that appear on Google just on the subject “high blood pressure medications”? Much less sort out what is true and important, from what is false or unnecessary?
Blood pressure is calculated to measure the pressure of the blood against the walls of your arteries. It measures the amount of blood pumped by the heart and the amount of resistance to the flow of the blood. If you have high blood pressure, the heart is working too hard against arteries too narrow. Exactly what numbers signify high blood pressure have changed over the years, and sometimes vary depending on who is being the authority.
The nurse will check your blood pressure on every visit to a doctors office. So, although there may be no symptoms of high blood pressure, anyone who ever visits a doctor or nurse would easily be able to find out if they had that condition.
All doctors do agree that blood pressure should be brought down to a normal level, because high blood pressure can cause a lot of damage in the body. High blood pressure is known to contribute to heart attacks and strokes.
Particular habits such as smoking or conditions such as being overweight can cause high blood pressure. But often there is no obvious cause.
Conventional medicine prescribes drugs to control high blood pressure. There are a myriad of different drugs that can be used, and combinations of drugs. Although the drugs are often effective in lowering blood pressure, they come with side effects. More drugs are prescribed to handle the side effects, and a patient finds himself on a dwindling spiral.
As an alternative, hundreds of reputable studies have been done using natural supplements to control blood pressure. Coenzyme Q-10, L caritine and D-Ribose are very useful in lowering blood pressure, and a doctor trained in alternative medicine can recommend necessary amounts of these or other supplements.
Chelation therapy has also had great success in lowering blood pressure and is a mainstay for that purpose with doctors who know alternative medicine. It can lower blood pressure and reduce risk of stroke and heart attack, all with little or no side effects. And it relieves the patient from the necessity of taking drugs the rest of his life. Chelation involves giving the patient a potent antioxidant that actually clears toxins out of the body, including the plaque that builds up in arteries and makes them brittle and narrow. It has been effectively used since the 1940’s and can bring about results without drugs.
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