Symptoms of High Blood Pressure - How Do You Know If You've Got It?

What are the symptoms of high blood pressure? With most health matters, we are quite used to being able to monitor ourselves for any unusual changes. So how can we know if we have hypertension? In this article, I'll reveal to you why all is not quite as it seems.

Possible Symptoms

There are some possible symptoms that you should be on the lookout for and report to your doctor a.s.a.p.

Some of these include nausea, headaches, blurred vision and even erectile problems in men.

The Silent Killer

But herein lies the problem - most people with high blood pressure do not have any symptoms at all. And these symptoms only appear in those with extremely high blood pressure where something must be done immediately.

Trust me, whatever you do you should not wait until you have symptoms before acting. Get your blood pressure checked (if you haven't done already) and then take steps to remedy it.

This is why doctors have dubbed hypertension "the silent killer". Just small increases above normal can lead to a doubled or tripled increased risk of heart attack and stroke.

How To Cure It - Drugs

Many people turn to drugs, often encouraged by their doctor. But herein lies another problem - these drugs work in many different ways to try to widen your arteries.

Doctors must pair drugs up because one drug will often cause bad side effects and the other is needed to counteract it. It is not uncommon for your doctor to try several combinations in succession in an effort to find one that is right for you. In the meantime you have to put up with symptoms such as constipation, urinary problems and even sexual side effects.

How To Cure It - Natural Methods

Even doctors agree that drugs often fail and that natural methods are far superior. Wide ranging studies have been done that have proved that natural methods work.

Essentially they involve small changes to your diet and lifestyle plus additional supplementation. You do not need to become Lance Armstrong or Steve Prefontaine if you want to lower your blood pressure!