If your blood pressure is high, you’ll feel ill.
Fiction: High blood pressure is known as “the silent killer.” Often people with high blood pressure feel fine and do not have any signs of illness.
High blood pressure is common in older people.
Fact: As you age, your heart can change just like your brain does. This can result in high blood pressure, but there are things you can do to help control it.
Medicine is the only way to control your blood pressure.
Fiction: Keeping a healthy weight, exercising, eating healthy, getting a good night’s sleep, drinking less alcohol and not smoking can help control it.
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