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Show Leaflet Discusses High Blood Pressure High blood pressure, or hyper-. hyper-. tension as doctors call it, is a common condition in this country. coun-try. Over 5,000,000 Americans have it. In most cases, proper medical care helps the condition, says a leaflet titled "Your Blood Pressure," Pres-sure," available on request from the Utah Heart Assn., 250 East 1st South, Salt Lake City. Hypertension is "not a serious disease," the leaflet points out, but it adds that physicians "do not take it lightly" because it "puts an extra share of work on heart and arteries, those over worked parts may not function as well as they should if hypertension hyper-tension continues a long time. If you have symptoms that sometimes go with hypertension headache, dizziness, fatigue tell your doctor, the leaflet says. It briefly explains what blood pressure is and how the doctor will examine you. He will tell you what treatment, if any he considers best for you. In addition, there are some general rules that most hypertension hyper-tension patients should follow: "Try not to worry. Keep your weight normal, overweight over works your heart. Follow your doctor's advice on use of alcohol and tobacco." Programs on hypertension can be arranged through the Heart Association or by contacting the Heart program chairman for the community. Among films available are the following: "Common Heart Disorders" Dis-orders" which discusses the most common disorders, rheumatic fever, high blood pressure and hardening of the arteries; "High Blood Pressure," which discusses factors leading to high blood pressure, its part in causing extra ex-tra strain on the heart. |