Why Women Need to Worry About High Blood Pressure More Than Men

Till recently, much fewer women than men had high blood pressure and suffered heart attack and stroke. Nowadays, there is almost no gender difference.

But whereas women have gained an equal right to develop high blood pressure, alarming research from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center reveals that this disease is not treating the two genders equally.

In fact, hypertension may have much more severe consequences for women in some ways than for men.

For women with chronic, untreated hypertension, scientists have found one particular risk area that is worse than for men, increasing the dangers of stroke.

In the Wake Forest study, researchers found significant differences in vascular tissue between men and women. Specifically, they found that even with the same high blood pressure levels between men and women, women are at 30-40% increased risk of vascular damage and disease.

After controlling for other diseases and conditions that could cause vascular damage, the researchers found women to run a much more dangerous risk of complications than men.

Part of what the scientists attribute to the discrepancy is the hormonal differences and other chemicals that affect vascular health.

While traditional Western medicine could take the findings as an excuse to rush women at higher rates into taking prescription medications to ward off the dangers, those in natural health could likely take the stance that addressing the root cause for high blood pressure- which is the same for everyone, incidentally- is the best and most permanent, safe method.

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