Normal blood pressure is important to life. It acts as a force that enables our blood to flow around the circulatory system, thus, allowing the essential nutrients and oxygen to get delivered to our tissues & organs, through the arteries.
However, the blood pressure can be dangerously high or even low. Here, we will discuss the symptoms, worst effects, and diet tips for keeping the blood pressure normal.
Before we start discussing its symptoms and effects, let us talk about the age group affected with this problem
Age |
Men (%) |
Women (%) |
20-44 |
18.1 |
12.9 |
45-64 |
45.5 |
44.2 |
65 & older |
65.3 |
73.9 |
All |
42.9 |
43.6 |
Following the age group, let us now talk about the symptoms indicating that you do not have a normal blood pressure.
Some of the symptoms are:
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- Severe headache
- Fatigue or confusion
- Chest pain
- Vision problems
- Shortness of breath
- Irregular heartbeat
And many more.
These symptoms bring along a lot of worse effects on the health and well-being of human body. Such worse effects include fluids in the lungs or stroke, brain swelling or bleeding, a tear in the aorta- the body’s main artery, seizures in pregnant women with eclampsia.
Now, we will tell you about various tips which will help you balance your blood pressure:
Monitor your blood pressure weekly
Prefer less salt in your food
Have more fruits & increase the daily water intake
You need to understand the fact that each body has unique nutritional requirements. Thus, a single diet plan cannot prove to be effective for all body types.
Well, don’t worry!!
We are here to help you with that.
At Dietitian Harpreet’s Clinic, we provide customized diet plan for each body type, following which; you will be able to balance your Blood Pressure & other health related problems.
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