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Nowadays headache are very common in our day to day life. Sometime headache get healed within few hours but sometimes it take days to heal. For the people who experience headache very frequently, the best feeling is how to get rid of it. They really find themselves plagued with Chronic Headache and have to deal with it on a constant basis. These chronic headaches can be as close together as every few hours with little break in between, or spread out over a week.

Besides obvious ailments such as brain tumors and other serious head injuries, chronic headaches can affect anyone for a multitude of reasons. The following information will impart know how about chronic headache, its causes and its remedy.

What Causes Chronic Headaches

There are many causes for Chronic Headache; some are very easy to change while others are really difficult to tackle. Bad Diet is the most common causes of headache. Some people are allergic to some food items, they consume it unknowingly and as result they experience chronic headache (a symptom of these allergy).

Headaches are also caused by wide variety other reasons too such as stress, muscle tension, high blood pressure, medication usage, and spinal misalignment. While the causes of headache vary person to person that’s why it’s very necessary to first analyze the cause and then go for medication. Thanks to studies and medical perseverance, there are several remedies for headaches and various ways to avoid chronic headaches.

Avoiding and Dealing With Chronic Headaches

There are different ways of handling chronic headache. Following the same remedy for chronic headaches which you follow, may also help you to eliminate future incidents. Changing your diet is probably the easiest way to avoid and remedy headaches, as it only takes simple changes and is primarily in your control.

Many people have unknown allergies to dairy, chocolate products, processed food such as lunch meats, and wheat or white flour and avoiding these products on daily basis can make headaches disappear almost instantaneously.

Practicing relaxation methods like meditation, yoga and massage can really help you when headache are caused by stress and subsequent muscle tension. High blood pressure resulting from stress, tension and particular medication can also cause headaches, as it increases the pressure in the blood vessels putting pressure on the head.

Spinal misalignment can easily be taken care of by getting treated by a chiropractor. They try to keep your back and thus your neck in alignment, making sure that misaligned vertebrae do not affect your head.

Put simply, you need to find out what is the main cause of your headaches and the right remedy for it. There are umpteen causes of headaches but few simple steps and care can help you in long way.

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What is Blood Pressure?

Blood pressure is the force of the blood pushing against the walls of the arteries. Unless otherwise noted, blood pressure refers to systemic arterial blood pressure. Systemic arterial blood pressure is the pressure in the large arteries that deliver blood to any body parts other than the lungs. Blood pressure values are universally stated in millimeters of mercury or mmHg.

Blood pressure is always represented as a combination of two numbers, the systolic and the diastolic. The systolic is the pressure when the heart beats, or pumps blood. The diastolic is the pressure between heart beats, or when the heart rests.

What is Normal Blood Pressure?

It is normal for blood pressure to change substantially, numerous times a day. It is lowest as you sleep and rises when you get up. It can also rise when you are excited, nervous, or physically active. Still, for most of your waking hours, your blood pressure stays pretty much the same when you are sitting or standing still. If you have not yet been diagnosed with hypertension, or some other serious health condition, you do not need to be concerned about your blood pressure during sporadic situations. Your doctor will take your blood pressure while you are calm and remaining still. This blood pressure will most accurately reflect what your pressure is during the average of your day. Some patients become nervous when their blood pressure is taken at the doctors office, causing readings to increase. This condition is commonly referred to as white coat hypertension, or white coat syndrom. Taking blood pressure readings at home, with a machine, may help to determine a persons true range of blood pressure readings. Normal blood pressure in an adult is typically 120/80 mmHg.

What Should You Do if You Have High Blood Pressure?

Higher blood pressure causes your heart to work harder, and your arteries take a beating, which increases your chance of a stroke, heart attack, or kidney problems. If you have high blood pressure you should consult your physician immediately.

There are four categories used to classify blood pressure in adults, normal, pre-hypertension, stage 1 hypertension, and stage 2 hypertension. There really should be a fifth, sub-normal, but you never see it listed anywhere. If your blood pressure is sub-normal, you will be falling in and out of consciousness.

· Normal is just like it sounds, you do not have high blood pressure. You should use exercise and diet to maintain a healthy pressure.

· Pre-hypertension is somewhat deceptive. Although you do not have hypertension, you do have high blood pressure. With Pre-hypertension you should use exercise and diet to try to lower your pressure.

· Stage 1 Hypertension means that you are at risk of heart attack and stroke. With Stage 1 Hypertension, like Pre-hypertension, you should try to lower your pressure through exercise and diet. If after 6 months, your pressure still falls in the Stage 1 category, one or more prescription medications should be used to lower the pressure.

· Stage 2 Hypertension means that your blood pressure is out of control. You may even be hospitalized and monitored, until the pressure can be lowered. Stage 2 Hypertension usually requires a minimum of two prescription medications to lower the pressure to acceptable levels. You will also need to use exercise and diet to keep the pressure from coming back, and to maximize the effects of the medication.

Below is a chart that shows the different categories, and the blood pressure ranges for each.

Categories for Blood Pressure Levels in Adults in mmHg

Category

Systolic

Diastolic

Normal

90 – 120

50 – 80

Pre-hypertension

120 – 139

80 – 89

Stage 1 Hypertension

140 – 159

90 – 99

Stage 2 Hypertension

160 or Higher

100 or Higher

Note: When systolic and diastolic blood pressures fall into different categories, the higher category should be used to classify blood pressure level. For example, 160/80, or 150/100 would be stage 2 high blood pressure.

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my dad has a blood pressure of 160 what can i do to help him please help???

No salt, exercise, reduce weight if overweight, no smoking if he smokes, lots of veggies and less fat, lots of fruits, no booze, no stress or less stress. All of these will help lower his BP.

I took vitamin D with fish and primrose oil and potasium, and had the worst case of high blood pressure ever. I thought my head was about to explode!

I don’t know what you mean by explode, did you have a headache? How do you know you’re blood pressure was high? Go to a place like a drug store or your doctor to get your blood pressure checked before assuming that you have high blood pressure.

Here are few ways to bring it down.
Lay off the salt, these vitamins unless they are salt base which I doubt they are won’t cause your blood pressure to raise. But eating salty foods and a few other factors will. Read the link below.

I have 155/94 blood pressure reading. Does this anything related to HIV? Is it a symptom?

No. High blood pressure is a completely different ailment. High blood pressure can be genetic. Stress, the foods you eat (high sodium), lack of exercise and obesity are all major causes of high blood pressure. It can be controlled by a combination of exercise, diet modification and medication. However, HIV can come with a number of complications since it weakens the immune system. Therefore, it is possible that indirectly, some of the complications of HIV could include high blood pressure as well as some cancers. The numbers you gave are a bit higher than would be healthy. If your blood pressure remains high, it causes your internal organs (heart, kidney, eyes) to work too hard, resulting in serious medical problems. It’s important that you monitor this daily and by taking medication to keep your blood pressure under control. You can purchase a blood pressure kit from most pharmacies or surgical supply stores. High blood pressure can lead to heart attacks and strokes and strokes are the leading cause of disability in the US. Stay close to your doctor and try to stay active and healthy.