High Blood Pressure Revisited
High blood pressure or hypertension, also known as the "silent killer", presents no obvious symptoms to warn people they could be in trouble, until it's too late. Uncontrolled, it can lead to heart attack,
stroke, kidney failure and dementia – and it is far more common than many people believe.
Not wanting to be remembered as the webmaster who died of dementia, I chart my BP every day when I drag myself out of bed.
The Heart and Stroke Foundation has issued new guidelines which you ought to check out - you may fall into a danger group they are concerned about.
