THE BLOOD-PRESSURE BOGY

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 15 June 1926, Page 2

THE BLOOD-PRESSURE BOGY

So hiuch has been said about the dan- • gers of blood-pressure thal if. lias bea - bogy for all who have passed middle age, says a physician in tKe Daily Mail of Ist May. _ Actually there ia'nO reason for alarm. Blood-pressure is not a disease. A good blood-pressure is essential for health. It is just as natural as sleeping, breaching, digestion, or afiy other normal function of the body. The chief factors in high blood-pres-snre are' (1) heredity, (2). poisoris produced in the blood bv disease, germ infection or faulty living, and (3) constant mental overstrain. Heredity is beyond our control. He who inherits a poor physique or weak arteries must make the best of his misfortune by living a simple, healthy life. ~He<cah counteract, a tendency 'to high blood-pressure by regular exercise, plain; '.moderate diet, fresh air, suffi-eifint-sleepy and mental self-help. Alcohol in excess) nicotine, and the caffeine in coffee are known to raise blood-pressure. Over-eating, with lack of exercise, also allows poisonous wasteproducts to accumulate in the blood. Moderate mental activity does not bring on high” blood-pressure. It is the incessant overstrain and anxietv induced by the keen competition of'modern business that are harmful: / Every brain worker should have several hours daily for relaxation and devote one day in the week to cbmplete rest. His hohbies ought to differ widewJy., from his daily tasks and he should make a rule of taking each day a ride Aon horsebfick. a round of golf,'or even 2 4 same of bowls. Mild, regular exercise -. refreshes a tired mind, renews exhaustS °d nerves, and helps to ward off the impending risks of an increasing bloods' prcsnre. f

None of us can avoid having some blood-pressure. Our arteries harden as

► we advance in years. It does not folZ low because the arteries get a little ” rigid or the blood-pressure rises a trifle I! that a man should live in fear and " trembling .of “bursting a blood-vessel.” ... Real danger threatens only when, high £ bipod-pressure and Serious illness or » grave disease of the arteries are present together. :«• In such, circumstances he is wisest 7. who strictly obeys his medical adviser, l gives Vs whole mind to keeping fit, and thinks about his blood-pressure as I" little as possible.