Blood Pressure - Herbal Remedies for high blood pressure

Hypertension is the medical term for high blood pressure. High blood pressure that has no known cause is called primary, or essential, hypertension. High blood pressure is a great concern for many people today. High blood pressure is referred to as the silent killer because very often there are no signs or symptoms to reveal this serious and sometimes deadly disease. According to the Mayo Clinic; “Most people with high blood pressure have no signs or symptoms, even if blood pressure readings reach dangerously high levels. Although a few people with early-stage high blood pressure may have dull headaches, dizzy spells or a few more nosebleeds than normal, these signs and symptoms typically don't occur until high blood pressure has reached an advanced — even life-threatening — stage.” Important complications of uncontrolled or poorly treated hypertension include heart attack, congestive heart failure, stroke, kidney failure, peripheral artery disease, and aortic aneurysms. About 74.5 million people in the United States age 20 and older have high blood pressure. High blood pressure (hypertension) killed 56,561 people in the United States in 2006. Other issues caused by hypertension are; headaches including migraine headaches, vomiting, visual impairment, blindness, convulsions, and paralysis.    (read more of this article)