High Blood Pressure Could Be Dangerous Medical Issue - Learn The Symptoms And Do Something About It

There is an accepted saying that if you have your health you have everything. I never paid a good deal of attention to this. I thought it was some-thing that individuals that didn't have the better things in life said to them-selves to feel better. I had the benefit of thinking this due to the fact that I had always been very healthful. I took my fitness level for granted & kept pushing myself harder & harder to achieve financial wealth. By the time I was forty years old I had a very nice bank account however I hardly knew my children and my wife was ready to divorce me.

I said to my wife that if she would just stay in there with me for 5 more years I would have enough money so I would be able to scale back to parttime hours & we would do the moving and other things that we had put off for the past 18 years. I pushed myself even harder trying to achieve that goal. I started getting head aches & found that my face was flushed a fantastic deal of the time. My wife convinced me to go to the physician. I found out that I had high blood pressure and was on the verge of having a stroke - & I had thought I had such great physical fitness! The health practitioner put me on medication to treat the high blood pressure. I felt awful on the medicine. The health care provider said to me that I could try to lower the blood pressure by converting my life-style - such as eating habits and fitness exercise routines - or we could try another medicine. I decided that I would try to change my life-style rather than put up with the side effects of the medications.

I have always been a type A personality. I ate on the run, slept three to four hours a night & ate whatever I felt hungry for. Abruptly I found myself trying to eat healthy, get exercise & more sleep. I did not wish to surrender my economic goals; however my medical doctor was quite blunt with me. He told me that my wife and children would be enjoying my life insurance money in the near future if I didn't get my blood pressure under control soon.

My wife, being the great woman that she is, started reducing the salt in my food and began having healthier choices for me around the house. I ate more meals in the home so I could watch the sodium level I was getting. I began cutting back on my work hours. With my extra time I began taking in the sporting events that my kids were involved with. My wife and I started taking walks together in addition to biking. With her help I dealt with to lower my blood pressure and I started feeling better. It was such a relief to be rid of the head aches, that in hind sight I grasp had been growing worse. Now that I feel better and have better relationships with my family I understand that having your health is the most important thing.