High blood pressure is a silent killer because it can cause damage to your body without causing any symptoms. In this video I review the basics of what I share with my patients when discussing high blood pressure.

I review how we diagnose high blood pressure, how to take your blood pressure at home, non-pharmacologic diet and lifestyle changes you can implement today to lower your blood pressure naturally, and a brief review of the three classes of medications that we use to treat high blood pressure.

I hope that by the end of this video you are able to better understand a chronic condition that impacts millions of individuals worldwide and help empower you to better understand and control your hypertension. And if you take one lesson from this video it is that we typically start treating high blood pressure when either the top number (systolic) s greater than 130 or the bottom number (diastolic) is greater than 80.

*This video is purely for educational purposes and is not meant to replace medical care. So if you have follow up questions about this video drop them in the comments but I cannot provide personalized medical advise.

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