I have high blood pressure and pretty much in under control.Can I still get heart attack or cardiac arrest?

Question

I have high blood pressure and pretty much in under control.Can I still get heart attack or cardiac arrest ?People who has no blood pressure can still get heart attack or die of cardiac arrest?

Answer 1

Yes you can and yes they do

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

Sure they can if their cholesterol isn't under control. Heart attacks aren't caused primarily by high blood pressure, but the unerlying cause which is blocked arteries leading to the heart. If a vessel gets blocked enough by plaque or a ruptured plaque then it causes a heart attack. Take 81mg of asprine a day to help - with your doctor's ok - to help platelets from sticking to each other and clotting. Cut down on foods high in fat and salt and increase foods high in antioxidants.

Answer 4

People who had no blood pressure would be dead. I believe what you meant was people with low or normal range blood pressure? The answer is yes you can still have a heart attack but the chances are greatly reduced.

Answer 5

High blood pressure has nothing really to do with heart attack. Anyone can get a heart attack at anytime although people with clogged arteries will get them more often than healthy people.

Answer 6

To predict a person will have heart attack and sudden dead is base many factories;age,gender,medical history,family history,personal habits,and any risk factories.;older is higher,male is higher then female,smoker is higher then nonsmoker,under high pressure job or not know to due with pressure is higher.The risk factories are;hypertension,diabetic,high cholester,obesity smoker are higher chance.For family history if parents died young from heart disease will be high chance.For the right answer need compute all those factories.

Answer 7

'High' blood pressure is a term in need of revision as the risk of premature (younger than age 55 for a male and younger than age 65 for a female) cardiovascular events (such as 'stroke' and heart attack) increases in a linear fashion as blood pressure exceeds 115/065 - a number which most people would regard as 'low'. Indeed - cardiovascular risk doubles with each 20/10 increase in blood pressure. Thus - at a blood pressure of 135/075 - considered 'normal' by most people - risk has doubled. Arterial dysfunction precedes elevation in blood pressure by a decade or longer indicating the need for an 'early marker' of those at risk. Although cardiovascular risk increases as blood pressure increases as noted above - the decline in risk never 'matches' the decline in blood pressure. An individual with hypertension on medical treatment with a resultant blood pressure of 120/080 has a higher risk of cardiovascular events than someone without hypertension and the same blood pressure reading. Bear in mind that blood pressure is not static. It is lowest during sleep and varies during the day in diurnal circadian 'waves'. It is highest at about 11 AM with a 2nd generally lower peak at about 4 PM. This assumes that your day/night cycle approximates up at 6 AM and in bed at 10 PM. The effect of the typically highly varied day/night cycles of young people on blood pressure has not been studied. Pulse tends to follow blood pressure. Several hundred ambulatory blood pressure studies have demonstrated that physician office blood pressure readings are inherently flawed. I typically use such readings to determine which patients should be followed with home readings. Blood pressure taken at home shortly after awakening produces the most consistent readings. As above - the goal for home blood pressure taken shortly after awakening (and the goal for those taking blood pressure lowering medications) is about 115/065 with a pulse of about 60. As stated - those with hypertension do have an increased risk of cardiovascular events even when their blood pressure is 'normalized' - so yes - you may one day suffer a heart attack. The cause of heart attacks is complex and blood pressure is only one factor. Obviously - heart attacks occur in people who have never been noted to have had blood pressure elevations highlighting the complexity of heart attacks.

Answer 8

i'd venture to say a heart attack is where the hart muscle starts dying and doesn't circulate the blood. cardiac arrest is where it stops beating altogether

Answer 9

be happy. just try meditation for 15 min. daily. dont think of death.live ur life but not in wait of death.

Answer 10

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