Your doctor worries about your high blood pressure because it can suddenly kill or cripple you through a stroke or heart attack.
But high blood pressure is even more insidious. It speeds up the aging of your body and brain – making you chronically fatigued, impotent, and feeble-minded by stealing your “youth.” Here’s how…
Brain Damage. High blood pressure decreases the normal blood flow to the brain. This can cause recurring mini-strokes (called transient ischemic attack or TIA) … forgetfulness … memory loss … loss of balance and frequent falls … dementia and cognitive impairment.
Enlarged Heart. High blood pressure forces your heart to work harder, which leaves you breathless, tired and chronically fatigued. By working harder, the heart becomes enlarged – which is a risk factor for heart attack, heart failure and cardiac arrest.
Failing Eyesight. High blood pressure also damages the tiny blood vessels of the eyes, causing retinopathy. Symptoms include blurred vision or total blindness.
Erectile Dysfunction. Hardened arteries impair blood flow to s*xual organs, causing underperformance, frustration, and depression.
Hardened Arteries. High blood pressure damages delicate artery linings, triggering calcified plaque buildup. Because hardened arteries can’t expand, they force your heart to work harder – which leads to early heart failure.
Kidney Failure. Properly functioning kidneys are essential to your good health because they purify your blood. Excess blood pressure scars these filtration cells – which can lead to kidney failure, sepsis (whole body inflammation and self-poisoning) and frequent infections.
Aneurysms. Excess blood pressure can weaken portions of your blood vessels, forming bubbles which can burst suddenly. When this happens it can be a very serious matter. If it occurs in the brain, death may result before medical attention can be found.
Physical Disability. More than 80% of all strokes cause permanent disability, making you unable to talk, walk, or care for yourself – and leaving you dependent upon others for life’s most basic tasks.
Posted By: Jen Fad
Friday, January 31st 2014 at 7:16PM
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