Your Family Doctor to High Blood Pressure
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Let us scientifically and systematically eliminate this silent killer.
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Know your blood pressure
Know what is a good blood pressure reading for you
Identify your blood pressure goal and strive to achieve it
Dr Vinod Wadhwa
Dr Vinod Wadhwa has a rich experience of over 20 years as a consulting physician. After completing his post-graduation, he has been actively advocating the cause of patient education.
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Your Family Doctor to High Blood Pressure - Dr Vinod Wadhwa
© Dr Vinod Wadhwa, 2006
ISBN 81-8328-030-7
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Contents
Preface 9
Acknowledgements 11 1. ‘White-coat’ hyptertension 13 2. Does the heart take a break? 17 3. Gizmos for checking heart beats 21 4. When are you hypertensive? 27 5. Meaning in medical parlance 32 6. Are you one of them? 35 7. Understanding hypertension 39 8. Role of medicines 43 9. Self-treatment 61
Preface
No friend like health abounding and like disease no foe.
— Panchatantra
How very true this is. Disease is a foe, a collective foe, which we must fight collectively with knowledge, alacrity and all our resources. Of all the foes, big and small, hypertension is an easy foe that can be fought and won over. Raised blood pressure does not directly cause a problem but does so by damaging important body parts like the kidney, heart, brain, eyes and literally the entire body. Thus, if allowed to go unchecked, it could devastate the whole being but if taken care of early, it can be tamed. Good eating habits, salt restriction, exercise, obesity control and adequate mental and physical rest are required;
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medicines, if needed, can be added to help the system. The disease assumes significance as it is a common condition all over the world, sparing no race, no creed.
In this small book, the author’s endeavour is to make one aware of blood pressure and its causes. Managing on our own, by lifestyle modifications and correct medication, finds a mention in this self- help book (if we may call it so). The need for this book is to make a person with high blood pressure understand why and how he is suffering and what he needs to do about it.
Yes, hypertension (or high blood pressure) is a very commonly used term in medical parlance all over the world. It tells us that the person is suffering from raised blood pressure. It does not qualify what is the status on