how can you tell if you have high blood pressure?

Question

Without blood pressure equipment, how can you tell if your blood pressure is high?

Answer 1

You should see your doctor, but some signs of high blood pressure are:

Headaches, especially pulsating headaches behind the eyes that occur early in the morning.

Visual disturbances.

Nausea and vomiting.

Answer 2

3 years ago, I was diagnosed - hypertension with a reading of 160/100. I used to feel dizzy a lot, my legs had awful cramps, and levels were very low in my potassium, causing my fingers and toes to always cramp together. One day I started to feel really faint while I was driving with my daughter in the back seat and I passed out, hitting 3 cars and ending up in a ditch. That moment,I knew I had to do something because my meds weren't working. I heard about this diet from a friend and thought I'd give it a shot. The results have been remarkable. In just 21 days, I honestly can't remember feeling this good, my blood pressure went from 175/110 to 125/70.

Answer 3

Yes, opening your veins will markedly decrease your blood pressure, much in the same way letting air out of an overinflated tire relieves air pressure. And by the same token, you can also check your blood pressure with a tire pressure gauge. Just open a vein and stick the pressure gauge in there... These are relatively cheap and can be found in the automotive section of superstores like Target or Walmart. Sure beats paying $80-$100 for a blood pressure monitor!

Answer 4

You most likely can't unless your body is very sensitive to it or unless your blood pressure is WAY too high. You might get headaches and swollen feet. But note, these can be caused by about a half million other problems. Your best bet is to see a doctor, or at least go to the local pharmacy and use their free Blood Pressure machine.

Answer 5

there are no symptoms to high blood pressure. You have to have it checked by a monitor of some sort. either at the docs office or at home

Answer 6

yes there are quite a lot sympotms
i knw as my father [sadly] has it
well....you feel really hot esp. while sleeping whereas others feel cold or normal
u wont believe but my father was in canada and he dint wear SWEATER[absolutely nothing] n whn he checked his BP it was really high
the other symptom is sweating...then getting angry really quick.....these are the common symp. found

Answer 7

if its over 200 go to the hospital but i think its normal if its between 100 150 but i know if it over 200 go to the hospital

Answer 8

most grocery stores that have pharmacies have a BP machine in the waiting area

Answer 9

oh but you can=when you stand up suddenly you get light headed or dizzy=you get a headache that only gets worse the higher it goes =your heart beat slows down

Answer 10

You can't. Well, not unless you count it being so high for so long, you have a heart attack or a stroke.