The High Pressure Blog http://livingwithhighbloodpressure.net/viewpoint Helping You to live with High Blood Pressure Sun, 06 Jan 2008 15:16:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en Test http://livingwithhighbloodpressure.net/viewpoint/test/ http://livingwithhighbloodpressure.net/viewpoint/test/#comments Sun, 06 Jan 2008 15:16:39 +0000 admin http://livingwithhighbloodpressure.net/viewpoint/test/ Dutch regulators would not object in principle to a foreign bank trying to buy ABN Amro even if it planned to break it up and sell the parts.

Barclays has been in exclusive talks with ABN Amro about a tie-up for the past three weeks.

Nout Wellink, president of the Dutch Central Bank, told the Financial Times that a restructuring would be no problem whatsoever

His comments may encourage other bidders to come forward.

Royal Bank of Scotland has been cited as one potential bidder that might be able to pay a better price if it sold ABN Amro’s Brazilian operations to another bank.

Barclays’ talks with the Dutch bank were prompted by calls for a break-up from an activist investor The Children’s Investment Fund.

At the time, Nout Wellink told a Dutch newspaper that the break-up would be a bridge too far.

Now, he appears to have changed his mind, having told the FT what will happen if a solid bank takes over with a strategy to restructure.

Let them come to the supervisor, and we will look at it, and when it looks fine there will be no problem whatsoever, he said.

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]]> http://livingwithhighbloodpressure.net/viewpoint/test/feed/ Acupuncture and High Blood Pressure http://livingwithhighbloodpressure.net/viewpoint/acupuncture-and-high-blood-pressure-2/ http://livingwithhighbloodpressure.net/viewpoint/acupuncture-and-high-blood-pressure-2/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:42:10 +0000 admin http://livingwithhighbloodpressure.net/viewpoint/acupuncture-and-high-blood-pressure-2/ One of the most interesting changes to the treatment of High Blood Pressure or Hypertension in rexent years has been the almost universal accpetance of the use of what can be called complimentary medicine.

At the forefront of these treatments and certainly one of the most popular is Acupuncture.

Well accepted in the East and now to be found as far a field as the more fashionable areas of London and New York. Indeed if you were to look in the Manahatan Telephone Directory under the term “Acupuncture New York City - NYC” you would be pleasantly surprised to see the results, but enough of this shameless plugm and back to the subject in hand.

These new advances in our understanding of what makes us tick are extremely exciting and open an ever increasing range of options of treatment for High Blood Pressure

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]]> http://livingwithhighbloodpressure.net/viewpoint/acupuncture-and-high-blood-pressure-2/feed/ Cause of High Blood Pressure - some thoughts http://livingwithhighbloodpressure.net/viewpoint/cause-of-high-blood-pressure-thoughts/ http://livingwithhighbloodpressure.net/viewpoint/cause-of-high-blood-pressure-thoughts/#comments Mon, 01 Jan 2007 22:53:28 +0000 admin http://livingwithhighbloodpressure.net/viewpoint/high-blood-pressure/cause-of-high-blood-pressure-thoughts/ 10 steps for fighting the good fight against high blood pressure

It’s been more than a century since a Russian surgeon first described the simple and precise way to measure blood pressure that is still in use. We’ve learned a lot since then about what influences blood pressure and about how high blood pressure can wreak havoc throughout the body. What we haven’t managed to do is get the public, and a fair number of doctors, to take high blood pressure seriously. Nearly two-thirds of the 65 million American adults with high blood pressure don’t have it under control. That’s a big problem, because it’s a major cause of stroke, heart attack, heart and kidney failure, and early death.

Blood pressure basics

Some pressure is absolutely essential for circulation. Without it, blood couldn’t move from the heart to the brain and toes and back again. The heart provides the driving force — each contraction of the left ventricle, the heart’s main pumping chamber, creates a wave of pressure that passes through the aorta and all the arteries in the body.

Relaxed and flexible arteries offer a healthy amount of resistance to each pulse of blood. Arteries that are tensed, constricted, or rigid offer more resistance, which shows up as higher blood pressure. It also makes the heart work harder.

High blood pressure is not a disease. Instead, it is a sign that something isn’t right in the heart, blood vessels, kidneys, or elsewhere. Sometimes it stems from the overproduction of hormones by the thyroid or adrenal glands. It can also be caused by the use of prescription or over-the-counter medications such as aspirin, ibuprofen, pseudoephedrine, some antidepressants, steroids, and others. Most of the time, though, high blood pressure can’t be traced to a specific source.

Doctors use the term hypertension. We’ll stick with the more descriptive high blood pressure. Both mean the same thing.

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]]> http://livingwithhighbloodpressure.net/viewpoint/cause-of-high-blood-pressure-thoughts/feed/ High Blood Pressure Treatment http://livingwithhighbloodpressure.net/viewpoint/high-blood-pressure-treatment/ http://livingwithhighbloodpressure.net/viewpoint/high-blood-pressure-treatment/#comments Sun, 31 Dec 2006 23:54:42 +0000 admin http://livingwithhighbloodpressure.net/viewpoint/high-blood-pressure/high-blood-pressure-treatment/ There are bnew treatments appearing all the time for High Blood Pressure

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]]> http://livingwithhighbloodpressure.net/viewpoint/high-blood-pressure-treatment/feed/ High Blood Pressure Symptom, is there one? http://livingwithhighbloodpressure.net/viewpoint/high-blood-pressure-symptom-is-there-one/ http://livingwithhighbloodpressure.net/viewpoint/high-blood-pressure-symptom-is-there-one/#comments Thu, 28 Dec 2006 11:21:51 +0000 admin http://livingwithhighbloodpressure.net/viewpoint/high-blood-pressure/high-blood-pressure-symptom-is-there-one/ The real killer here is that most often there are no direct symptoms of the fact that you may be suffering from High Blood Pressure. The more obvious signs and symptoms are dizziness and an increased frequency of Headaches with no relationship to other conditions (i.e. alcohol and hangovers etc).
The sad but unpalatable truth is that these signs might not indicate High Blood Pressure and this means that you have to be even more alert regarding your own potential well being. Anyone can suffer from High Blood Pressure or Hypertension but the incidence of this condition occurring does rise if you are in one of the following demographic groups:

* Men over the age of 55
* Women over the age of 65
* People with blood relatives who have hypertension
* Post-menopausal women
* Some women who take birth control pills
* People who get little or no regular physical activity
* People who eat a poor diet, with a high salt intake
* People who smoke
* People who are overweight
* People with high cholesterol
* People with diabetes

If you feel that any (or several) of these conditions above apply to you then the answer is loud and clear - GET IT CHECKED OUT NOW. Most people are reluctant to bother their GP about something that might not appear to be anything at all but the bottom line is that most GP’s would like to be “ahead of the game” when dealing with conditions like this and would rather ere on the side of caution rather than be forced to embark upon a course of damage limitation at a later date.

High Blood Pressure Symptom also Is there a High Blood Pressure Symptom?

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]]> http://livingwithhighbloodpressure.net/viewpoint/high-blood-pressure-symptom-is-there-one/feed/ Menopause and High Blood Pressure http://livingwithhighbloodpressure.net/viewpoint/menopause-and-high-blood-pressure/ http://livingwithhighbloodpressure.net/viewpoint/menopause-and-high-blood-pressure/#comments Wed, 27 Dec 2006 23:27:02 +0000 admin http://livingwithhighbloodpressure.net/viewpoint/high-blood-pressure/menopause-and-high-blood-pressure/ Ask a cross section of most women (understandably) what fears they have about the onset of the menopause and opinion will probably be equally divided between fears about putting on weight and the corresponding possibility of a rise in Blood Pressure.

So, does Blood Pressure increase after the Menopause and can this develop into serious High Blood Pressure. Yes possibly. Blood pressure increases after menopause and so does the risk of high blood pressure.

There has been a bit of debate in certain circles as to whether these changes are truly “change of life changes” or just consequence of getting older and the associate increased likelihood of weight gain.

The various Research teams that have looked into this have taken these various factors into consideration and have concluded that “Post Menopausal” women are at higher risk of getting serious High Blood Pressure than “Pre-Menopausal” women.
One of the key factors here, they think might be oestrogen as this may have quite a protective role in keeping Blood Pressure low.

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]]> http://livingwithhighbloodpressure.net/viewpoint/menopause-and-high-blood-pressure/feed/ Potassium and High Blood Pressure http://livingwithhighbloodpressure.net/viewpoint/potassium-and-high-blood-pressure/ http://livingwithhighbloodpressure.net/viewpoint/potassium-and-high-blood-pressure/#comments Wed, 27 Dec 2006 21:39:00 +0000 admin http://livingwithhighbloodpressure.net/viewpoint/high-blood-pressure/potassium-and-high-blood-pressure/ Potassium is a chemical component with a whole bundle of similar properties to Sodium hence there are a great many who view Potassium as a ready replacement for Sodium in your diet.

There are differences however (as any good Chemist will tell you) and the most basic diffeence is that Potassium within the body is found as a chemical within the body cells whereas Sodium can be fond to alarge degree in the fluids around and between the cells.

A major survey in 1999 by researchers from John Hopkins University in Baltimore in the US found that Potassium proved more helpful in People with severe High Blood Pressure and those who ate diets high in Salt than Sodium.

How much is safe to take? Well there are no recomended daily intake levels of Potassium. The average daily consumption is reckoned to be between 2,000 and 3,500 milligrams per day and the source of this is either from Food or vitamin supplements. It is reckoned that a daily intake level of between 2,000 and 6,000 milligrams is safe to consume and the only real side effects………………belching and flatulence…..you really wanted to know that didn’t you?

Other side effects are extremely rare that it is not really safe to directly associate any with an intake of Potassium.

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