var arrayFacts = [ "Tips for Having Your Blood Pressure Taken:

1. Don't drink coffee or smoke cigarettes 30 minutes before having your blood pressure measured. 2. Before the test, sit for five minutes with your back supported and your feet flat on the ground. Rest your arm on a table at the level of your heart. 3. Wear short sleeves so your arm is exposed. 4. Go to the bathroom prior to the reading. A full bladder can change your blood pressure reading.", "High blood pressure often has no signs or symptoms.

The only way to find out if you have high blood pressure is to be tested for it.", "It is estimated that one in every four American adults has high blood pressure.", "Once high blood pressure develops, it usually lasts a lifetime.", "High blood pressure can eventually cause blood vessels in the eye to burst or bleed.

Vision may become blurred or otherwise impaired and can result in blindness.", "High blood pressure is the most important risk factor for stroke.

Very high pressure can cause a break in a weakened blood vessel, which then bleeds in the brain. This can cause a stroke. If a blood clot blocks one of the narrowed arteries, it can also cause a stroke.", "Over time, high blood pressure can narrow and thicken the blood vessels of the kidneys.

This means that the kidneys filter less fluid, and waste may build up in the blood. Source: NIH", "As people get older, arteries throughout the body 'harden,' especially those in the heart, brain, and kidneys.

High blood pressure is associated with these 'stiffer' arteries. This, in turn, causes the heart and kidneys to work harder. Source: NIH", "Levels of unhealthy blood pressure are on the decline worldwide, a new study shows, but experts aren't sure why.

In a large population-based study encompassing 38 populations in 21 countries across four continents, including the United States, researchers have found that overall blood pressure has fallen by more than 2 mm/Hg over a 10-year period.", "Birth control pills have little increased risk of heart disease for women who have not gone through menopause (when periods stop).

But, they can pose heart disease risks for some women, particularly women with high blood pressure and women who smoke.", "More than two-thirds of the 65 million Americans with high blood pressure require two or more anti-hypertensive drugs to manage their condition.

If one drug doesn't adequately control your blood pressure be sure to inform your doctor.", "Women who take daily high doses of the over-the-counter painkillers ibuprofen and acetaminophen are much more likely to develop high blood pressure than women who do not use the drugs, new research finds.

Therefore be extra vigilant about blood pressure if you're one of that group.", "A recent study found that while hypertension and drug treatment increase with age, blood pressure control rates are sharply lower in older people, especially women.", "Three-quarters of people aged 80 and over have hypertension in the U.S.", "High blood pressure can lead to numerous other life-threatening conditions, including heart disease, stroke, and kidney failure, the #1, #3, and #9 causes of death in the United States.", "High blood pressure is a factor in 67 percent of heart attacks in the United States.", "High blood pressure is a factor in 77 percent of strokes-the #3 cause of death in the United States.", "High blood pressure precedes 74 percent of cases of heart failure in the United States.", "High blood pressure is the second leading cause of chronic kidney failure in the United States-responsible for 26 percent of all cases.", "High blood pressure causes more visits to doctors than any other condition-just a 10 percent decline in the number of visits would save $478 million each year.", "High blood pressure affects circulation.

This creates a higher risk for mental deterioration and Alzheimer's.", "High blood pressure and its complications cost the U.S. economy more than $100 billion each year."]