When it comes to high blood pressure symptoms virtually every one is a novice because true to its reputation as the silent killer almost everybody has no idea about HBP and some even believe it is something that is inevitable in a sense.

However, the facts and figures associated with HBP is startling if not scary. Analyzing HBP figures country by country shows that while more focus is placed on diseases like AIDS and Cancer, HBP is silently creating its on waves underneath howbeit, catching a lot of people unawares.

High Blood Pressure is also refered to as HBP.

Below are some facts that would leave anybody stunned:

• In the UK, 1 in 3 adults have HBP (that is about 16million people, it could has well be classified as an epidemic if it were a disease).
• The main risk factor for Stroke is HBP.
• High blood pressure is a major risk factor for heart failure, heart attack and kidney failure.
• More than a third of the people affect ed do not even know they have the condition because there are no overtly recognized symptoms, hence, the name "silent killer".
• Anyone with HBP is three times more likely to develop heart disease and stroke and twice as likely to die from these as people with a normal blood pressure.
• Over 77 % of men and 71% of women suffering from HBP are either not been treated or been controlled.
• Around 62,000 people die unnecessary due to stroke and heart attacks simply because of poor BP control.
• The risks increase as blood pressure rises, whether you have high blood pressure or a normal BP. Between the age of 40 and 70, for every rise of 20mmHg systolic or every 10mmHg diastolic, the risk of heart disease and stroke doubles; for the range 115/75 up to 185/115mmHg.