Most health conditions have warning signs. If you get the flu, you might get a fever. Arthritis causes joint pain. The cold comes with a cough. But not all diseases have apparent symptoms that tell you something’s wrong.
That’s particularly true of hypertension, or high blood pressure. That’s why our team specializes in helping people spot and treat hypertension. Here at Medical Associates Of North Texas in Fort Worth, Texas, we can screen you for this serious health condition. If you do have it, we help you treat it. The good news is that it can often be reversed.
High blood pressure has earned a special reputation in the medical community. Many experts call it the silent killer. Although it poses a serious threat to health, it rarely causes symptoms until it is extremely advanced.
High blood pressure is what it sounds like: a condition develops when there’s too much pressure on your blood vessels. This can damage your blood vessels and put you at risk in a number of ways. It directly increases your risk for stroke, heart attack, and heart disease, along with other issues like sexual dysfunction and kidney problems.
All of these threats to your wellness make hypertension dangerous. But it becomes even more problematic because about half of the American population has high blood pressure, but many don’t know it. You can’t wait for symptoms to alert you to this health risk.
Here at our office, we can painlessly screen you for high blood pressure.
We put an inflatable cuff called a sphygmomanometer around your arm. This measures the pressure on your blood vessels when your heart beats (the systolic pressure) and the pressure between heartbeats (the diastolic pressure). Another above 120 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg) of systolic pressure or 80 mm Hg of diastolic pressure means you have hypertension.
If you have this condition, lifestyle changes can help you manage and even reverse it. Those include:
We may also prescribe medication to help lower your blood pressure.
In short, if you have hypertension, we have various ways to help you manage this condition and mitigate its danger. However, to get the care you need to protect your overall wellness, you first need to know if you have high blood pressure. To schedule a painless screening, send us a message online or call our office at 972-433-7178 today.
