Wellness Guardian

Overview High blood pressure is a common condition in which the long-term force of the blood against your artery walls is high enough that it may eventually cause health problems, such as heart disease. Blood pressure is determined both by the amount of blood your heart pumps and the amount of resistance to blood flow in your arteries. The more blood your heart pumps and the narrower your arteries, the higher your blood pressure. You can have high blood pressure (hypertension) for years without any symptoms. Even without symptoms, damage to blood vessels and your heart continues and can be detected. Uncontrolled high blood pressure increases your risk of serious health problems, including heart attack and stroke. High blood pressure generally develops over many years, and it affects nearly everyone eventually. Fortunately, high blood pressure can be easily detected. And once you know you have high blood pressure, you then work with your doctor to control it. Various conditi...

                  What are the treatments and home remedies for stretch marks? The skin is the body's largest organ and has the remarkable ability to expand and contract as needed. The skin is strong and elastic, but its supporting tissues can be damaged if they stretch too far or too quickly. This rapid expanding of the skin can lead to stretch marks. Up to 90 percent of women get stretch marks during pregnancy. However, stretch marks can affect people of nearly all ages and skin types. They often occur during periods of growth and body changes, such as significant weight gain, puberty, and extreme muscle building. What are stretch marks? Stretch marks are lines or bands caused by stretching of the skin's connective tissue. Stretch marks fade to a white or silver color over time. Although they are not physically painful, they can be disfiguring in severe cases. When the middle layer of skin stretches too quickly, some of its c...