[H311]High Blood Pressure Caused By

The information supporting this theory has emerged from a five-year study recently carried out on US military veterans suffering from hypertension or high blood pressure.

There may be a connection between an increase in body weight and a corresponding increase in blood pressure but this might be an entirely too simplistic Way of looking at things.

The findings that support this theory have been published in a study in the United States recently and the report concerning US military veteran's suffering from hypertension or high blood pressure in 15 cities. The study covered a five-year period and covered cities from as far apart as Anchorage in Alaska in the north and San Juan in Puerto Rico in the south.

Overall it was found that about 60% of the patients taking part in this study had a marked change in blood pressure control in the winter.

Now researchers haven't necessarily figured out just what is causing this but it does seem to be beyond being powered purely by changes in temperature and daylight that occurred during the winter or are influenced by the latitude of the city taking part.

What exactly is high blood pressure and quite why can it (if left untreated) be so deadly?

In 19 out of every 20 cases the sufferer will be totally unaware that they suffer from high blood pressure.

In fact, you can suffer from high blood pressure for years without knowing it hence its name "the Silent Killer".

Though termed "symptom less", there are certain signs that should not be ignored and definitely left untreated if spotted.

Included amongst the following are some of the symptoms: Nosebleeds , Ringing in the Ears , Morning Headache , Depression .

The above taken together would tend to indicate an occurrence of high blood pressure but a careful diagnosis is needed as they just as easily could indicate associate conditions.

OK, we have all heard the term high blood pressure but what exactly does it mean?

Well, if we are to go back to basics then the body's major tissues and organs are supplied and fed with blood pumped to them from the heart via a network of hose like vessels called arteries.

In around 90% of all cases of diagnosed high blood pressure there is no one particular cause and as such this high blood pressure is called "Primary (Essential) High Blood Pressure".

For those whose incidences of high blood pressure fall outside of the category described above then if the cause of the high blood pressure can be traced directly to one particular failing organ etc then the cause can usually be dealt with and as such the "Secondary High Blood Pressure" can accordingly be treated quite successfully.

In very rare cases, that is to say less than 10 percent, the high blood pressure diagnosed lies within the category known as "Malignant Hypertension". This can quite often be discovered by accident or through an associate medical test such as an eye examination whereby an Optician can detect abnormalities through the effect they have on the eye.