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Senior High Blood Pressure

High blood pressure is a relatively common health problem among the elderly that can lead to more serious health complications including heart attack and stroke. Learn what causes high blood pressure and how to help a senior prevent or manage this condition.

Articles About Senior High Blood Pressure
  • High Blood Pressure in Seniors
    High blood pressure is called the silent killer because it usually has no symptoms. Your aging parents might not don't know they have it until they have trouble with their heart, brain, or kidneys.
  • Planning Seniors' Meals: Avoiding the Hidden Traps of Food Labels
    How to read food labels so elderly people with medical conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure and osteoporosis eat a healthy diet.
  • The 4 Most Common Age-Related Eye Diseases
    Glaucoma, cataracts, macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy are the four most common eye conditions among people over age 65.
  • Hemorrhagic Strokes in Seniors
    During a hemorrhagic stroke, an artery in the brain bursts, blood spews out into the surrounding tissue.
  • Treatments for Cancer
    The treatment plan for cancer in the elderly depends mainly on the type of cancer and the stage of the disease.
  • Heart Failure in the Elderly
    Know what factors lead to heart failure, and learn about what makes an elder's heart healthier.
  • 5 Ways to Control Diabetes
    These five principles will help caregivers manage their loved one's diabetes.
  • The Latest Research on Strokes
    The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke sponsors a wide range of research aimed at finding ways to prevent, diagnose and treat strokes in the elderly.
  • What is Presbycusis?
    Presbycusis is the loss of hearing that gradually occurs in most individuals as they grow older.
  • Sugar: An Overview of Diabetes
    Diabetes is a disorder of the metabolism—the way our bodies use digested food for growth and energy. In the elderly, diabetes can pose an even greater health risk of which caregivers should be aware.
  • Diabetes and Foot Care
    High blood glucose from your senior parent's diabetes causes two problems that can hurt feet: nerve damage and poor blood flow.
  • Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms in the Elderly
    An aneurysm is a bulge in an artery due to the weakening of its wall. Left untreated, it can rupture and cause death.
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