High blood pressure is also known as hypertension. It is dangerous because heart works harder and pumps blood to the body on a faster rate. This also leads to hardening of arteries. A person is said to be suffering from high blood pressure if the blood pressure count is 140/90 or higher.

High blood pressure increases the chances of heart disease and kidney disease. High blood pressure is known as silent killer as it shows no symptoms or warning signs. Serious symptoms of hypertension are headaches, fatigue, nausea, visual disturbances.

The greater your body mass index, more are the chances of pressure on your artery walls. Lack of exercise will lead to high blood pressure. Cut down sodium intake. Excessive sodium in the diet can result in fluid retention. Stress is a major factor that leads to high blood pressure. Calm down yourself and relax. Cut down smoking and alcohol intake.

To keep High blood pressure in control, keep a check on your diet. Eat healthy food that is low in calories and fat. Use herbs, spices and salt-free seasoning in cooking instead of salt. Some home remedies can also be tried to control high blood pressure. Eat a papaya, empty stomach daily for a month. Do not eat anything for 2 hours. Drink 8-10 glass of ionized water daily. Take 2 tsp of onion juice and half tsp honey for 1-2 weeks.

You can measure your blood pressure at home by using the equipment sphygmomanometer. It has a pressure registering system. Some of them have a stethoscope.  A sphygmomanometer is the older kind of equipment that measures blood pressure using a column of mercury. The person taking your blood pressure will put a cuff around the top of your arm, pump up this cuff and then listen for sounds through a stethoscope placed on your arm. Automatic devices usually work with batteries and have a digital readout. They may remember and even print out your readings.

Monitoring your blood pressure with a digital blood pressure monitor is convenient, easy to do and takes less than a minute per measurement. The manual Inflation Monitors are easy to use and economically priced. They are clear, digital display panel, arm cuff is easy to apply and inflation bulb is for quick inflation. All adults should have their blood pressure checked at least once every five years but preferably more often.