If a patient’s blood pressure remains high for a prolonged period time, then serious deterioration can occur within the arteries and veins, that’s why it’s essential to recognize the symptoms of high blood pressure. The main thing to take away, if you think you may have hypertension, high blood pressure, is that there are oftentimes no symptoms of high blood pressure, which is what makes this disease so dangerous in the first place.
However, high blood pressure can make you feel tired and dizzy, this happens so predictably that patients can often mistake the symptoms of hypertension to be the onset of vertigo in some scenarios, including even cervical vertigo. If you’re experiencing severe dizziness and you do believe you’re suffering from high blood pressure then it’s important to seek medical help immediately as this may be the early warning signs of a stroke.
But, it’s unlikely that high blood pressure is the actual cause of your vertigo, instead, it’s much more likely that if you’re already using medication to treat your high blood pressure that it is producing vertigo-like symptoms, primarily dizziness.
It’s a common misconception that high blood pressure leads to dizziness and vertigo, it’s so commonly reported because it’s one of the most prominent side effects of high blood pressure medications. The main issue with having high blood pressure is the damage that is done to the arteries and veins due to the stress that occurs from blood pumping too rapidly.
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The Symptoms
There are more severe symptoms that can occur in serious cases of high blood pressure but for the most part, patients with high blood pressure will experience:
- Headaches
- Extreme Fatigue
- Vision problems
- Chest pains
- Shortness of breath
- Irregular heartbeats
When left untreated, hypertension can lead to heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, and even vision problems. Full on vertigo, however, is unlikely to be caused by high blood pressure, this is important to mention since it is so frequently associated with high blood pressure.
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What Causes High-blood Pressure?
Believe it or not, high-blood pressure is brought on mainly by stress. Sometimes it can be caused by underlying diseases and issues, like oftentimes kidney disease will be the main contributing factor. Healthy normal blood pressure is 120 over 80 mmHg, and hypertension is anything higher than 130 over 80 mmHg.
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Treating High-blood Pressure
The best way to fix high-blood pressure is by making different lifestyle choices. Obviously, exercise and diet are at the top of this list when it comes to correcting hypertension. It’s estimated that around 85 million people in the united states have high-blood pressure, that’s over 25% of the population.
The number one recommended treatment for high blood pressure is regular physical exercise. This can be anything from jogging, swimming, and biking at least 5 days a week. By avoiding stress-inducing activities like overworking, smoking, alcohol, drugs, and unhealthy eating to cope with stress patients can begin to return to healthy levels of stress rather than constantly running around in overdrive mode.
NUCCA chiropractic doctors are capable of manipulating the atlas bone in order to heal a patient’s stress-inducing spinal misalignment. You see, your atlas bone is located at the top of the spine, when it’s out of alignment, the rest of the body can experience undue stress. This occurs because the brain is constantly sending signals to the rest of the body regarding the state of your spine and health.
