Blood Pressure Monitoring - Accurately

 - How is your blood pressure... today ? 

Blood pressure - Did you know that high blood pressure is the single most preventable cause of death amongst New Zealanders? The consequences of high blood pressure (stroke and heart failure) are the most important causes of the loss of quality of life after the age of 40.

This for a disease that is so easy to detect and often easy to treat once the right diagnosis is found. Most all health-care professionals are of the opinion that everyone should at the very least know his or her blood pressure. The cost of high blood pressure to New Zealand society is a staggering 2.3 billion dollars per year.

This website bloodpressure.net.nz is all about blood pressure, what it is, what it means and more importantly - why and how you can monitor it easily and accurately at home.

High blood tension, or hypertension as it is commonly known, is not really a disease. It is a by-product of other, more serious underlying health problems, resulting in the excessive force of your blood pressing against the walls of your blood vessels called arteries.

About one third of those with blood pressure have NO symptoms at all, and don't even know they have it. Hence the importance of monitoring blood pressure accurately at home.

High blood pressure can lead to major cardiovascular disease such as stroke, heart attack, brain damage, kidney disease and much more. Uncontrolled high blood pressure ranks as the leading risk factor for heart attack and stroke, with women being even more vulnerable than men as they age.

In over 90 percent of all BP cases (known as essential hypertension) the actual cause remains unknown. Amongst the causative factors are age, bodyweight, diet, heredity, ethnicity (Maori and Pacific Island people are at greater risk), kidney infection and stress.

Blood pressure conspires with all other risk factors such as cigarette smoking, oxidized (bad) LDL, and toxic metal accumulation in the body such as lead or mercury. Increasing blood pressure compounds the effects of toxins in the body, weakens blood vessels at the bends and joins and accelerates chronic inflammation and the oxidative stress response.

Disclaimer: The Homedics Automatic Blood Pressure Monitor is not a cure nor a remedy for any medical disorder, nor a substitute for professional health-care attention, diagnosis and/or treatment. We never advocate that you stop drugs for blood pressure, high cholesterol or heart disease, but that you get professional advice from your health-care professional regarding your treatment options. The Homedics Automatic Blood Pressure Home Monitor is recommended for home monitoring of your blood pressure, and Heart Drops are recommended for nutritional purposes to support and assist your body's circulatory system and heart to heal itself. If symptoms persist, see your health-care professional.