{"id":10570,"date":"2012-05-07T01:42:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-07T01:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/may-is-international-blood-pressure-and\/"},"modified":"2018-06-04T17:04:47","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T17:04:47","slug":"may-is-international-blood-pressure-and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/may-is-international-blood-pressure-and\/","title":{"rendered":"May is International Blood Pressure and Stroke Awareness Month."},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nDr KK Aggarwal<\/i><\/b>
\nPadma Shri and Dr B C Roy National Awardee
President, Heart Care Foundation of India<\/b><\/p>\n

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\nBlood pressure should be checked at the same time and in the same arm whether monthly, semi annually or annually.<\/p>\n

If one is having a borderline blood pressure one should take preventive measures immediately and should not wait till the blood pressure gets dangerously high. Changes in lifestyle and nutrition can greatly impact blood pressure and help avoid lifelong medication.<\/p>\n

One should not take blood pressure measurements immediately after taking coffee, cola or other drinks containing caffeine. One should also wait one hour after taking cold or allergy medicines. This can temporarily raise the blood pressure. Blood pressure should be taken while standing or sitting. One should not take the reading until the person has been in the same position for the couple of minutes.<\/p>\n

The following people should have blood checkup done immediately:<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2022 If their family members have high blood pressure
\n\u2022 Women who are pregnant
\n\u2022 People above the age of 35
\n\u2022 Overweight
\n\u2022 Not physically active on a regular basis.
\n\u2022 Takes more than 2 drinks per day in men or more than 1 drink per day in women.
\n\u2022 Eats too much fatty food
\n\u2022 Eats too much salt in the food<\/p>\n

<\/a>Blood pressure is a silent killer and the only way to know whether you have high blood pressure or not is to have it checked up. At any age blood pressure should be kept lower than 120\/80 mmHg.<\/p>\n

Salient points:<\/b>
\n\u2022 If uncontrolled, blood pressure can cause heart attack, paralysis and kidney failure.
\n\u2022 High blood pressure is responsible for 67% of all heart attacks.
\n\u2022 High blood pressure is responsible for 77% of all paralytic attacks
\n\u2022 High blood pressure is associated with 74% of all heart failure cases
\n\u2022 High blood pressure is responsible for 26% of all kidney diseases
\n\u2022 High blood pressure causes more visits to doctors than any other condition.
\n\u2022 High blood pressure is a risk factor for mental deterioration and dementia.<\/p>\n


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\nThe five most common warning signs of stroke are<\/b>
\n\u2022 Sudden weakness in the face, arm or leg, particularly if the weakness occurs on only one side of the body
\n\u2022 Sudden severe headache
\n\u2022 Sudden vision disturbance in one or both eyes;
\n\u2022 Sudden confusion or difficulty speaking; and\/or
\n\u2022 Sudden dizziness, loss of balance, loss of coordination or difficulty walking.<\/p>\n

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Dr KK Aggarwal Padma Shri and Dr B C Roy National AwardeePresident, Heart Care Foundation of India Blood pressure should be checked at the same time and in the same arm whether monthly, semi annually or annually. If one is having a borderline blood pressure one should take preventive measures immediately and should not wait till the blood pressure gets dangerously high. Changes in lifestyle and nutrition can greatly impact blood pressure and help avoid lifelong medication. One should not take blood pressure measurements immediately after taking coffee, cola or other drinks containing caffeine. One should also wait one hour <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,82,1,66],"tags":[80,65,108],"class_list":["post-10570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-inspiration","category-update","category-useful-informations","tag-health","tag-member-article","tag-tips","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10570"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42423,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10570\/revisions\/42423"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}