The people who have the problem of high blood pressure (hypertension) should try to have a full control over their BP to remain healthy. A latest telephonic survey of approximately 100,000 adult people disclosed that – most of the US citizens who have high blood pressure are not doing enough to control their high BP. The people with high blood pressure were asked five question in the survey are following: 1. They are trying to change their food consumption habits to bring down their high blood pressure 2. Reducing their salt intake to lower high BP 3. Cutting down their alcohol consumption to reduce blood pressure 4. Physically active by doing exercises 5. Consuming drugs to lower their increased blood pressure. Most of the people (nearly 98%) who took part in the survey said yes to at least one of the questions asked. Approximately 30 percent of the participants did not make any improvement in their diets or raised their physical activities, 20 percent people told that they hadn’t reduced their salt intake or alcohol consumption. And nearly 25 percent of the people told that they were not taking any drugs to lower the BP. Nearly 24,400 of the study participants told that they had been diagnosed with the disease of high BP at least twice by their doctors. The CDC has estimated that approximately 70 percent people with problem of high BP – didn’t took any step to have proper control on this problematic disease. If any one you have this problem and also worried about your BP, than try to have good control on your BP by making some rules and just follow it. You should also consult your doctor to drop down your BP. The CDC reported that approximately 30 percent of adult citizens of United States had high BP in the year 2001-2004, and nearly 70 percent people’s high BP was uncontrolled. The high BP forces the heart to function hardly. When you try to control your high blood pressure than you may be able to protect yourself from heart attacks, strokes, heart failure, kidney problem and even many other health related problems. The high BP generally doesn’t show any symptoms that can be noticed. So everyone should at least go for a monthly checkup of his/her BP for having sound health. Image credit Source