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Hypertension (high blood pressure)

If you have hypertension your heart will have to work harder to pump blood around your body. Persistent high blood pressure is a major risk factor for heart attacks and stroke.

Dietary and lifestyle changes can improve blood pressure levels and decrease the risk of associated health complications, although drug treatment may prove necessary in patients for whom lifestyle changes prove ineffective or insufficient.

If your blood pressure is high, Medcare’s GP can help you to find the best treatment for lowering it. Advice on lifestyle and diet will be given and if medication is required Medcare’s GP can monitor this for you.

How is blood pressure measured?

Blood pressure involves two measurements, systolic and diastolic. Normal blood pressure is 120/80 mm/Hg. The first figure is the systolic blood pressure, the pressure there is in the arteries when your heart is contracting. The lower figure, is the diastolic blood pressure, which is the pressure in your arteries between heart beats. High blood pressure is anything above 140/90 mm/Hg.

To check your blood pressure, or for help in lowering high blood pressure visit Medcare’s clinics in Benijofar, near Torrevieja, or Alfaz del Pi, near Benidorm. For an appointment at either clinic call 96 686 0258 or email doctors@medcarespain.com