the 3rd was born at Buckingham
Palace on
don’t even know what if left
untreated, high blood pressure
ca
important topic to talk it’s
extremely relevant. Explain to
us why high blood pressure can
be the silent killer.
>> So a lot of pieces don’t
even realize that their blood
pressure is Vast majority have
0 symptoms whatsoever. Some
patients can experience to
headaches and vision changes,
chest pain, shortness of
breath, but vast majority have
no symptoms and if untreated
for a long time ago, in fact,
multiple organ systems that can
cause blindness, strokes, heart
attacks. Are it Mia’s heart
failure and kidney failure?
The most common cause of a
kidney failure heart of the
United States I was treated but
pressure. Wow.
>> When we when we talk about
high blood pressure, does it
impact people of all ages?
What’s the average age can
happen to young fit people?
>> Yes, sometimes we
do see in young Tuesday, their
parents, you know, develop a
pressure, very young age
but that’s Missouri patients
are usually in their 30’s and
40’s and start developing.
But question starts creeping up
slowly and we have to keep an
eye on it. Initially we try to
treat them with conservative
measures, lifestyle changes
and losing weight and becoming
active in control, your diet
and so forth. a certain point
we usually have to start.
Medications are those ways.
>> The best ways to treat
someone with high blood
pressure. Well depends if your
blood pressure is just mildly
I like to do therapeutic
lifestyle changes like I
mentioned, you know, weight
loss. And, you know, dietary
changes since becoming active.
>> But if your blood pressure
is elevate to a certain degree,
then we have to start
medications at that point.
>> I think this is something
that we’ve been eyeballing with
myself, you know, going to the
doctors and, you know, I don’t
partake in fried foods, but
it’s something that we’re
watching closely. And I think
my my lineage, my my right, my
hereditary jeans has a little
something to do. Unfortunately,
we can’t do anything about
genetics. Haha, those
triglycerides are chronically
high.
>> How can you accurately
measure your
blood pressure?
>> At home? All right. That’s
exactly what I’m going to show
you here today, sir. Brought my
own flesh and blood pressure
mission, OK? So when you take
your blood pressure at home,
you want to make sure that you
not eating or drinking anything
for about 30 minutes prior to
not taking a shower, not smoked
About 30 minutes prior to
should be smoking anyway.
Exactly. Should be some of the
other conversation we can have
right you want to make sure
that your feet are firmly
planted on the ground. Your
chair, your back is to the
chair. Your arms should be out
at this and And so basically
I’ll pretend like, yes, secure
blood pressure and we’re not
taking were not because you
should not do that work.
Right? Exactly. I’m also on a
on a chair that’s not.
>> You know, touching the
ground to hope. We’re not too
stressed out, but you now, but
the blood pressure cuff and
over here.
Make sure it’s about one inch
above the crease over here,
ice and snow. You want to make
sure that you can get about
one inch of the RC one finger
and here now it should you be.
Should you have a long sleeve?
I should, you know, do the show
is leverage to do with without
clothing between this and K?
Exactly. And then you just take
your blood pressure and this
would generate leading to
explain to us that the numbers,
again, there are no batteries
in this machine right now.
But
>> then the numbers that would
generate on this screen.
Explain them. Explain it to us
what they would do. The top
members of systolic number.
That’s a number that
>> is the top of your blood
pressure when you’re but
actually pumped at the heart.
And then the diastolic blood
pressure to lower blood
pressure number, which is
basically the number
as but pressure trans down as
each beat occurs in everybody’s
different. What what’s a
healthy range. normal blood
pressure is considered less
than one 20 over 80 less than
one 20 over 80 correct.
Elevating be one 20 to one.
Less than 80
>> and there’s different stages
are stage one stage 2 and so
forth.
>> Okay. How often should
someone check their blood
pressure? So it if somebody
does not have a history of
blood pressure, elevated blood
pressure recommend us a couple
times a year.
>> Make sure it’s in the book
pitches. Well controlled.
If they do have is elevated
blood pressures that depends on
how well that blood pressure
controlled their blood
pressures are not well
controlled. I recommend
checking it, but pressures And
if the blood pressure down the
well control the couple of
times, we should be sufficient.
Doctor. Ian, Sorry, where can
people go for more information?
You can definitely go. The