This article is for people who have a high risk of hypertension. These are people who have first-degree relatives with hypertension, adults who are 40 years and above, people who are overweight or obese and people who consume a high quantity of alcohol. This also includes people who consume a high level of alcohol and smoke. And lastly for those who are of African descent. I think I belong to one or two of these groups.
I forgot to add smoking, lack of exercise, sedentary lifestyle, an unhealthy diet including high salt intake and for women who had hypertension in pregnancy. See my article on "hypertension –Introduction".

So how do we prevent ourselves from developing hypertension?
First, let us identify our risks of developing hypertension. Some can be changed, others cannot be changed. The risk that can be changed are termed modifiable risk factor and those that can’t be changed are called non-modifiable risk factors.
For example factors like race, age, sex, family history of hypertension cannot be changed in the same way we cannot change our biological parents. – So, these risks are non-modifiable.
For modifiable risk factors, changing these has been shown to delay the onset of hypertension.
Although we may not be able to totally prevent hypertension in some people, can delay the onset which is a form of partial prevention.

read more on http://medicalinfosblog..com.ng/2016/11/how-to-preventdelay-onset-of.html

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