HIN Health Action e-Bulletin

High blood pressure (HBP) affects more than 65 million—or 1 in 3—American adults. HBP often has no warning signs or symptoms. Once it occurs, it usually lasts a lifetime. Uncontrolled high blood pressure can lead to heart and kidney disease, stroke, and blindness.

Take the opportunity in May to get your blood pressure checked and learn more about HBP, how it affects the body, and how to control high blood pressure. Here are some resources from the NHLBI that can help you get started.

Take a Look at Materials for Patients and the Public

• Visit HBP Internet sites:
  • Your Guide to Lowering Blood Pressure Web site http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/hbp
  • NHLBI’s Diseases and Conditions Index article on HBP http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/
    Hbp/HBP_WhatIs.html
• Order Your Guide to Lowering Your Blood Pressure with DASH
  Don’t Miss the Recipes for Heart Health starting on page 45. Try Vegetarian Spaghetti Sauce tonight!
• Order My Blood Pressure Wallet Card
  Additional copies
  See the section on Questions To Ask Your Doctor If You Have High Blood Pressure

Educate Patients, Diagnose, and Treat HBP – Materials for Health Professionals

• Check out the Mission Possible Web site’s Activity Ideas page http://hp2010.nhlbihin.net/mission/partner/ideas.htm
• Utilize the Pocket Guide to Blood Pressure Management in Children. Available
• Download The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure - Complete Report
  See the section on Questions To Ask Your Doctor If You Have High Blood Pressure

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