High Blood Pressure

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Net Doctor (www.netdoctor.co.uk) and the publishers Hodder & Stoughton have teamed up to bring out a new series of books on different health issues.

The first is High Blood Pressure, a book which takes the reader through the different aspects of this condition. If you, or someone you know, has high blood pressure then this informative book will put you in the picture, and more importantly will help you to ask the ‘right’ questions from your medical practitioner.

High blood pressure - or hypertension - is the second biggest preventable cause of death in the UK. So what are the symptoms? One of the most important things to remember is that in the early stages hypertension has no symptoms. And, as the author reminds us, ‘finding out for the first time that someone has high blood pressure after they have had a stroke is finding out too late.’

The book is full of interesting facts: one is that in so-called primitive societies hypertension is virtually unknown, which points to the reality that in general high blood pressure is related to modern-day living. Another is that if you are still a smoker you will learn that smoking has no effect upon blood pressure. But it has a marked effect upon cardiovascular risk, and that is the single biggest preventable cause of death in the UK. So, as the top priority for anone should be to stop smoking, it is especially so for people with hypertension.

Read about problems with the elderly, people with diabetes and pregnancy, and about treatment. And if you are asking, ‘What can I do to reduce my blood pressure?’ this book will show you the way, because there are ordinary everyday things to do which will help.

If you read High Blood Pressure you will be better informed about your health and armed with knowledge which could save your life.

published by Hodder & Stoughton   price £6.99   ISBN: 0340786825

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Review published 5 July 2002 © Jill Curtis 2002