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Changing your lifestyle can go a long way toward controlling high blood pressure. A healthy diet with less salt, exercising regularly, quit smoking and maintaining a healthy weight can go a long way. But sometimes lifestyle changes aren't enough.

In addition to diet and exercise, your doctor may recommend medication to lower your blood pressure for example; Thiazide diuretics or water pills act on the kidney's to help the body eliminate sodium and water, reducing blood volume, Beta blockers which reduce the workload on the heart and open up blood vessels, Calcium channel blockers which relax blood vessel muscles and slow heart rate down, and etc...

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- Eat a better diet
- Regular physical activity
- maintain a healthy weight
-Manage stress
-avoid tobacco
-comply with medical prescriptions
-limit alcohol (if you drink)

By adopting a healthier lifestyle you could reduce high blood pressure; prevent or delay the development of HBP, enhance the effectiveness of medication, and lower your risk of heart attack, heart disease, stroke and kidney disease.

-Be informed (over 20% of all people with hypertension are unaware of their condition which could lead to substantial health consequences.)

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Causes of High Blood Pressure. For most cases of high blood pressure there is no known cause. This is called primary hypertension. For others, certain medical conditions like kidney or heart conditions can cause high blood pressure.

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1. High blood pressure is generally a chronic condition and is often associated with few or no symptoms.

2.  When symptoms do occur, it is usually when blood pressure spikes suddenly and extremely enough to be considered a medical emergency.

3.  Rare symptoms include dizzy spells, headaches, and nosebleeds.

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Hypertension: A state of abnormally high blood pressure or a state of great psychological stress.