High Blood PressureHigh Blood Pressure

StrokeStroke

600.000.000people worldwide

600.000.000people worldwide1 in 101 in 10

3 million die each year

3 million die each year

What is blood pressure?What is blood pressure?

Veins and arteriesVeins and arteries

The heartThe heart

140/90

is high

140/90

is high

120/80

is good

120/80

is good

How does high blood pressure make a person feel?

How does high blood pressure make a person feel?

Symptoms of Very High Blood Pressure

Symptoms of Very High Blood Pressure

•Headache•Weakness and dizziness

•Hard beating of the heart

•Blurred-fuzzy vision

•Headache•Weakness and dizziness

•Hard beating of the heart

•Blurred-fuzzy vision

What does high blood pressure do to the body?

What does high blood pressure do to the body?

•Paralysis•Death•Paralysis•Death

StrokeStroke

Heart DiseaseHeart Disease

Damaged eyesDamaged eyes

Damaged kidneysDamaged kidneys

What causes high blood pressure?

What causes high blood pressure?

OverweightOverweight

SmokingSmoking

AlcoholAlcohol

Coffee and teaCoffee and tea

Pregnant WomenPregnant Women•Weak•Dizzy•Headache

•Weak•Dizzy•Headache•Swollen legs

•Bad eyesight

•Swollen legs

•Bad eyesight

Get help immediately!

Get help immediately!

What can we do to treat high blood pressure?

What can we do to treat high blood pressure?

Medicines alone are not enough

Medicines alone are not enough

Do not smokeDo not smoke

Avoid alcohol, coffee and tea

Avoid alcohol, coffee and tea

Use little saltUse little salt

Be activeBe active

Avoid anger and worryAvoid anger and worry

If heavy lose weightIf heavy lose weight

Water TreatmentWater Treatment

Cool foreheadCool forehead

Wait for 15 minutesWait for 15 minutes

“He gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might He increases strength.”Isaiah 40:29

“He gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might He increases strength.”Isaiah 40:29