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    Your Family Doctor to High Blood Pressure
    Your Family Doctor to High Blood Pressure
    Your Family Doctor to High Blood Pressure
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    Your Family Doctor to High Blood Pressure

    By Dr Vinod Wadhwa

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    High blood pressure or hypertension is a disease which is easily manageable but if left unattended, it can play havoc with our body. Written in a lucid manner, this small yet powerful book explains the causes and effects of hypertension and suggests easy remedies.
    Let us scientifically and systematically eliminate this silent killer.
    Quick Action Plan
    Know your blood pressure
    Know what is a good blood pressure reading for you
    Identify your blood pressure goal and strive to achieve it
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWisdom Tree Publishers
    Release dateFeb 4, 2011
    ISBN9788183282383
    Your Family Doctor to High Blood Pressure
    Author

    Dr Vinod Wadhwa

    Dr Vinod Wadhwa has a rich experience of over 20 years as a consulting physician. After completing his post-graduation, he has been actively advocating the cause of patient education.

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      Your Family Doctor to High Blood Pressure - Dr Vinod Wadhwa

      © Dr Vinod Wadhwa, 2006

      ISBN 81-8328-030-7

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means — electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise — without the prior permission of the publishers.

      While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this book, the publisher and the author assume no responsibility for errors or omissions. Neither is any liability assumed for damages, if any, resulting from the use of information contained herein. No trade-mark infringement is intended upon.

      Published by

      Wisdom Tree

      4779/23 Ansari Road

      Darya Ganj, New Delhi-110002

      Ph.: 23247966/67/68

      Published by Shobit Arya for Wisdom Tree; edited by Manju Gupta; designed by Kamal P. Jammual; typeset at Icon Printographics, New Delhi-110018 and printed at Print Perfect, New Delhi-110064

      Dreams, books, are each a world,

      and books, we know

      are a substantial world, both pure and good.

      Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood,

      our pastime and our

      happiness will grow.

      — William Wordsworth

      To all the books in the world which give you the knowledge

      to make you a complete human being.

      Contents

      Preface                            9

      Acknowledgements                  11 1.   ‘White-coat’ hyptertension         13 2.   Does the heart take a break?           17 3.   Gizmos for checking heart beats       21 4.   When are you hypertensive?           27 5.   Meaning in medical parlance          32 6.   Are you one of them?                  35 7.   Understanding hypertension         39 8.   Role of medicines                   43 9.   Self-treatment                    61

      Preface

      No friend like health abounding and like disease no foe.

      — Panchatantra

      How very true this is. Disease is a foe, a collective foe, which we must fight collectively with knowledge, alacrity and all our resources. Of all the foes, big and small, hypertension is an easy foe that can be fought and won over. Raised blood pressure does not directly cause a problem but does so by damaging important body parts like the kidney, heart, brain, eyes and literally the entire body. Thus, if allowed to go unchecked, it could devastate the whole being but if taken care of early, it can be tamed. Good eating habits, salt restriction, exercise, obesity control and adequate mental and physical rest are required;

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      medicines, if needed, can be added to help the system. The disease assumes significance as it is a common condition all over the world, sparing no race, no creed.

      In this small book, the author’s endeavour is to make one aware of blood pressure and its causes. Managing on our own, by lifestyle modifications and correct medication, finds a mention in this self- help book (if we may call it so). The need for this book is to make a person with high blood pressure understand why and how he is suffering and what he needs to do about it.

      Yes, hypertension (or high blood pressure) is a very commonly used term in medical parlance all over the world. It tells us that the person is suffering from raised blood pressure. It does not qualify what is the status on

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