Richard Snyder

High Blood Pressure For Dummies (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Maintain healthy blood pressure with timeless wisdom and new breakthroughs in prevention and treatment

High Blood Pressure For Dummies explains all you need to know about blood pressure-and what to do when it gets too high. High blood pressure can lead to serious complications, but with lifestyle changes and medication, it's easily treatable. This jargon-free, compassionate book walks you through the necessary changes to help lower blood pressure and live a healthy life. You'll be well equipped to determine if you're at risk and consider the medical consequences of hypertension. From there, develop a successful treatment plan and choose the right foods for you. With this Dummies guide, you can learn to prioritize you and your health.

• Learn what hypertension is, what causes it, and how it can be prevented and treated
• Improve your quality of life and live longer by focusing on a healthy blood pressure
• Understand your doctor's recommendations and discover diet and lifestyle factors that you can control
• Find out about new research on hypertension causes, treatments, and genetic influences

This new edition of High Blood Pressure For Dummies is great for people with high blood pressure, their caregivers, and anyone with a family history who wants to better understand the condition.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jossey-Bass
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781394224951
• Artikelnr.: 69687453

Autorenporträt

Richard W. Snyder, DO, is a board-certified internist and nephrologist who has been involved in treating hypertension since 2004. He is also a medical educator and served as a program director for an internal medicine residency program. Dr. Snyder is coauthor of Medical Dosage Calculations For Dummies.

Dr. Alan L. Rubin was the original author of High Blood Pressure For Dummies.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1

Part 1: Understanding High Blood Pressure 5

Chapter 1: Introducing High Blood Pressure 7

Chapter 2: Detecting High Blood Pressure 13

Chapter 3: Determining Whether You're at Risk 23

Chapter 4: Reviewing the Causes of Resistant High Blood Pressure 29

Part 2: Considering the Medical Consequences of High Blood Pressure 49

Chapter 5: Protecting Your Heart from Heart Disease 51

Chapter 6: Caring for Your Kidneys 69

Chapter 7: Keeping Your Brain Intact 87

Chapter 8: Eyeing Your Blood Pressure 101

Part 3: Preventing and Treating High Blood Pressure 105

Chapter 9: Choosing Foods That Lower High Blood Pressure 107

Chapter 10: Keeping Salt and Sugar Out of Your Diet 121

Chapter 11: Avoiding Tobacco, Alcohol, and Caffeine 129

Chapter 12: Lowering Blood Pressure with Exercise 141

Chapter 13: Taking Medications to Lower Your Blood Pressure 153

Chapter 14: Considering Important Clinical Studies of High Blood Pressure 185

Part 4: Taking Care of Special Populations 191

Chapter 15: Handling High Blood Pressure in Older Adults 193

Chapter 16: Handling High Blood Pressure in Children 203

Chapter 17: Treating High Blood Pressure in Women 211

Part 5: The Part of Tens 221

Chapter 18: Ten Simple Ways to Prevent or Reduce High Blood Pressure 223

Chapter 19: Ten (or So) Myths about High Blood Pressure 231

Appendix: Resources 239

Index 243