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Search Topics We found about 75 results for High Blood Pressure High Blood Pressure Provides links to information about highbloodpressure. Describes what bloodpressure is, highbloodpressure's effect on health, and how highbloodpressure is treated. Has links to lifestyle changes and medications used to treat highbloodpressure. Isolated Systolic HighBloodPressure High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy Learn about causes and effects of highbloodpressure during pregnancy. The Effects of HighBloodPressure Learn how highbloodpressure that isn't treated can cause serious health problems. High Blood Pressure in Children and Teens What Is HighBloodPressure? Learn what bloodpressure is, what it means when it's high, and how highbloodpressure may be treated. Hypertension (highbloodpressure): Fast Facts Learn what hypertension (highbloodpressure) is. Pregnancy and Chronic HighBloodPressure Secondary HighBloodPressure High Blood Pressure Covers causes and symptoms of highbloodpressure. Explains systolic and diastolic pressure numbers. Looks at treatment and prevention steps. Includes risks of untreated highbloodpressure such as heart attack, stroke, and kidney failure. High Blood Pressure: Checking Your BloodPressure at Home Explains why you should monitor your bloodpressure at home and how to choose a home bloodpressure monitor. Includes steps on how to take your bloodpressure at home. Covers why and how to keep a bloodpressure diary. High Blood Pressure: Make the Most of Home Monitoring Learn how using a home bloodpressure monitor can give you better control of your health. Medicine for HighBloodPressure Learn how medicine can help lower your bloodpressure. High Blood Pressure: Nutrition Tips High Blood Pressure: The DASH Diet Learn how the DASH eating plan can help lower your bloodpressure. High Blood Pressure: Over-the-Counter Medicines to Avoid Pregnancy: HighBloodPressure and Preeclampsia Learn what it means for you and your baby when you're pregnant and have highbloodpressure. High Blood Pressure: Taking Medicines Properly Covers things you can do to make it easier to take your highbloodpressure medicine. Includes working with your doctor to find the right meds, getting organized to stay on schedule, and learning about side effects and what to do if you miss a dose. High Blood Pressure: Using the DASH Diet Describes the DASH diet to help lower bloodpressure. Offers tips for following DASH guidelines, including how to add more fruits, vegetables, and low-fat dairy products. Outlines how to make DASH a habit by setting goals, getting past barriers, and finding support. High Blood Pressure: Should I Take Medicine? Guides you through the decision to take or not take medicine to treat highbloodpressure. Explains what highbloodpressure is and risks of not lowering it. Covers treatment choices and lifestyle changes. Tyrell's Story: Taking Pills for HighBloodPressure Blood Pressure Screening Deciding About Taking BloodPressure Medicine Compare the pros and cons of taking medicine for your highbloodpressure. Home BloodPressure Log Home BloodPressure Test Automated Ambulatory BloodPressure Monitoring Blood Pressure Numbers: When to Get Help 4 Heart-Healthy Changes to Lower BloodPressure Learn how healthy lifestyle changes can help lower your bloodpressure. Taking BloodPressure Medicine: How Others Decided Hear what other people thought about as they decided whether to take bloodpressure pills. Hypertensive Emergency Atrial Fibrillation Discusses atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia). Covers causes, including highbloodpressure and CAD. Discusses what increases your risk. Covers treatment with medicines, cardioversion, and catheter ablation. Metabolic Syndrome Discusses metabolic syndrome, a group of health problems. These problems increase the risk for diabetes and heart disease (coronary artery disease). Covers risk factors like obesity, highbloodpressure, and high cholesterol. Covers diet and exercise to improve health. Interactive Tool: Do Your BMI and Waist Size Increase Your Health Risks? Helps you check your risk of weight-related diseases such as diabetes, CAD, and highbloodpressure. Tool calculates risk using body mass index (BMI) along with your waist size and other factors. Discusses what score means and next steps. Obesity: Should I Have Weight-Loss Surgery? Guides you through decision about weight-loss surgery. Covers health problems like highbloodpressure and type 2 diabetes that can be caused by obesity. Lists reasons for and against surgery. Includes an interactive tool to help you make your decision. Sleep Apnea: Should I Have Surgery? Guides through decision to have surgery for sleep apnea. Discusses problems like depression and highbloodpressure associated with lack of treatment. Covers alternatives to surgery. Includes interactive tool to help you make your decision. Preeclampsia Covers causes and symptoms of preeclampsia. Includes regular checkups with your doctor. Looks at prevention and treatment with close monitoring and possibly bloodpressure medicine. Preeclampsia: Checkups and Monitoring Preeclampsia: Expectant Management Chronic Kidney Disease Discusses chronic kidney disease (chronic renal failure), which means your kidneys don't work the way they should. Discusses dialysis. Covers treating diabetes and highbloodpressure, which cause most cases of chronic kidney disease. Eclampsia (Seizures) and Preeclampsia High-Risk Pregnancy Why Are Blood Tests Needed With Some Medicines? Find out which types of medicines require a regular blood test and why. ACE Inhibitors and ARBs: Helping Blood Flow Better Find out why it's important to keep taking your ACE inhibitor or ARB and how to make it easier. Pulmonary Hypertension Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (ACE) Inhibitors Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers (ARBs) DASH Diet Sample Menu Sickle Cell Test Heart Health: Where Will You Be in 5 Years? Hear what motivated other people to make changes to keep their heart healthy. Sodium Record Coronary Artery Disease and Alcohol Heart Health: Finding Support for Healthy Changes Hear how one woman found the support she needed to make heart-healthy choices. Heart-Healthy Lifestyle Izzy's Story: Living With the DASH Diet Arturo's Story: Getting Support for Making a Change Bed Rest for Preterm Labor Preterm Labor and Short Cervix Placental Abruption Obesity and Pregnancy Reviews obesity and healthy pregnancy. Preeclampsia: Creatinine Clearance Test Placenta Previa Heart-Healthy Eating Bed Rest in Pregnancy Preterm Labor Gestational Diabetes Discusses gestational diabetes (diabetes that develops during pregnancy). Discusses symptoms and how it's diagnosed. Covers treatment with healthy food choices, exercise, medicine and insulin to control blood sugar levels. Heart-Healthy Eating: Fish and Fish Oil HELLP Syndrome Pregnancy-Related Problems Briefly discusses symptoms that may show a serious problem during pregnancy. Covers vaginal bleeding, fever, and swelling. Describes emergency symptoms like shock, seizures, and leaks from your vagina. Offers interactive tool to help decide when to seek care. Also offers home treatment tips. Multiple Pregnancy: Twins or More Discusses pregnancy of carrying two or more babies. Covers identical and fraternal twins and triplets. Discusses infertility treatment, a common cause of multiple pregnancy. Discusses common tests, possible complications, and treatment options. Covers self-care. Beta-Blockers Pregnancy: Signs of Preterm Labor Find out the important differences between "practice contractions" and preterm labor. Pregnancy After Age 35 Cirrhosis: Beta-Blockers for Portal Hypertension and Varices Gestational Diabetes: Reducing Risk Learn how keeping the healthy habits you used to manage gestational diabetes can protect your child in the future. Using a Home Test Kit for Protein in Urine Results 1-75 of 75
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