High blood pressure, whats the risks and how to lower it?

High blood pressure can hurt your body in many ways. It adds to the workload of your heart and arteries. Because your heart works harder than normal for a long time, it tends to get bigger. A slightly bigger heart may work well, but if it's enlarged very much, it may have a hard time meeting your body's demands. High blood pressure is the No. 1 modifiable risk factor for stroke. It also contributes to heart attacks, heart failure, kidney failure and atherosclerosis (fatty buildups in arteries). In some cases, it can cause blindness. The relationship of blood pressure levels to the risk of cardiovascular disease is continuous, consistent and independent of other risk factors. That means the higher your blood pressure, the greater your risk of heart attack, heart failure, stroke and kidney disease. For example*: A 50 year-old man of normal body mass with blood pressure of 146/86 (high) has: * Almost 3 times the risk of dying from a heart attack * Almost 4 times the risk of dying from a stroke * About twice the risk of developing heart failure * About 3 times the risk of developing kidney disease than if he had normal blood pressure (less than 120/80). A 40-year-old woman of normal body mass with blood pressure 146/86 (high) has: * More than 3 times the risk of dying from a heart attack * Almost 4 times the risk of dying from a stroke * About 3 times the risk of developing heart failure * About 3 times the risk of developing kidney disease than if she had normal blood pressure (less than 120/80). VISIT for more information: http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=2129 omgyay_dotcom

You are right to be worried about your Dad. Ways of lowering it are through; a good healthy diet, gentle exercise, stress relief. I'm doing the same with my Dad! Good luck!

Risks include, but are not limited to, heart disease and cardiac arrest. Your father should talk to his doctor. As far as I know there are medications that can help lower blood pressure.

Change his diet, exercise..no drinking! He could have a stroke, get diabetes....basically die. Talk to him, tell him you love him and want to help him change.

magnesium has very impressive health qualities and apparently helps with better blood pressure - not everyone gets enough of this natural trace mineral (from soil) and then in veges /fruits because of too much calcium in common fertilizers and the medical hype on the 'more calcium the better'' - calcium and magnesium - are two elements that have to be in equal supplemented balance or the scales get tipped...

Here's a story for you & your dad! My GP told me this story when I did ask the same question like yours to him being a patient of blood-pressure myself: Have you ever seen the 'snake-charmers' carrying boxes full of poisonous snakes? Cane-made boxes they use to carry snakes & show us live snake-game in the countrysides. Now just think a cane-box; you don't know what are there inside; and lid is open! If you bring your face very near to the open box to see inside, it's okay for the time; you see snakes there. But time may come when one of the snakes bite (snap) you. Blood pressure is like the "snakes in an open box". It looks like an innocent cane-box but lid's open. No harmful virtually! But danger may happen anytime! The proper medicine is the secured lid to those snake-boxes...i.e. you carry always poisonous snakes with you if you were a hyper-tension patient. Do not forget to keep the boxes closed with necessary med. Lowering blood-pressure is absolutely a medical matter which should have to be done by an expert physician. Consult a GP, please.

depends how night it is. Yeah it overworks the heart but I think after a while, it gets used to it and does not affect it

cut-down the sodium he has a risk of heart ATTACK!

high blood pressure makes ur ovaries explode