Health For Life

Most of the time, a person with hypertension has no symptoms. People used to watch out for nape pain or headache and dizziness to tell them that their BP is rising. This is actually a wrong notion because these symptoms are usually observed when the hypertension is already in the advanced stage. Sometimes these symptoms are accompanied by weakness and palpitation.

The best time to take the BP reading is in the morning. If upon several readings the BP is beyond 140/90, it is best for you to visit your physician for your medication. It is also good if you could trim down your built to your normal weight, increase physical activity in the form of exercise, avoid or totally stop smoking, and to minimize alcohol intake. A few lifestyle changes will help you manage your condition.

Hypertension is difficult to manage with just one visit to your physician. Follow ups are needed for adequate monitoring. Other problems that contribute to your condition should also be managed as well.

This happens when while on your daily routine suddenly you feel weak or numb on one side of your body either on the face, arms, or legs. You want to ask the help of your companions but they have difficulty understanding you because your speech is slurred. You try to help yourself but you feel dizzy and there is loss of coordination in your movement. You also have difficulty looking around because of sudden blindness in one or both of your eyes. After several minutes suddenly you’re back to normal as if nothing happens. If these symptoms last for more than 24 hours then you are diagnosed to have a stroke.

This condition occurs to people who have positive family history of TIA or stroke. The risk increases for those with hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, hypercholesterolemia, obesity, sedentary lifestyle, and cigarette smokers. TIA is a warning for a more debilitating condition that is to come. It is therefore important to treat the risk factors and avoid or limit alcohol intake, cigarrette smoking, and fatty foods.

Since a person is back to normal after an attack, oftentimes nothing is done to determine the cause. It is important for you to visit your physician in order that the abnormality which have caused the attack will be corrected so that occurrence of a stroke in the future could be prevented.

There are two types of migraine: the common type which does not start with a warning sign and the classic type which starts with a warning sign. The warning sign is called aura. The aura lasts for around 30 minutes and is seen in any of the following forms: flashes of light, zigzag lines, or blind spots in the fiels of vision. It can be a feeling of muscle weakness or burning sensation in one part of the body.

The symptoms include intense headache in one side or both sides of the head. The pain is usually described as throbbing pain and it is worsened by physical activity thereby causing interruption from the usual daily activities. It is accompanied by nausea with or without vomiting and the person becomes more sensitive to light and sound.

The headache is thought to be caused by imbalance in brain chemicals particularly serotonin. With decreased serotonin levels, substances are released by the trigeminal nerve which causes the brain blood vessels to dilate when these substances reach the brain’s outer covering. NSAIDS are the most common medicines given to relieve the pain.