Though you may have no signs or symptoms, this so-called silent killer can be wreaking havoc in your body, damaging your arteries and taxing your heart.
In the United States in 2013, high blood pressure resulted in almost 1,000 deaths every day, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Unfortunately, the first sign may be a stroke or a heart attack, because about one in five U.S. adults with high blood pressure don’t know they have it until it seriously damages the heart or weakens blood vessels in the brain.
