High blood pressure (Hypertension)

• Blood Pressure Association Symptoms, causes, medicines and lifestyle changes to help you manage it. Includes some information in other languages
• British Dietetic Association Diet and hypertension
• British Heart Foundation How to prevent heart disease by controlling your blood pressure
• British Hypertension Society leaflet on ways to lower your blood pressure 
• High Blood Pressure Foundation High blood pressure and treatments
• High blood pressure in pregnancy Understanding NICE guidance
• Hypertension (persistently high blood pressure) in adults Understanding NICE guidance for people with high blood pressure, their families and carers
• Leaflets on blood pressure, heart disease, cholesterol and other heart and blood topics from Patient UK
• Living with high blood pressure How to help yourself through diet, exercise and lifestyle
• NHS Choices information on high blood pressure, causes, symptoms, treatment and prevention

Further reading

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Books on high blood pressure recommended by Suffolk health professionals

Support groups for people with heart conditions

• Heartbeat East Suffolk Cardiac Support Group, a self-help group for people with cardiac problems
• HeartCare Cardiac Support Group Based at the James Paget Hospital, Great Yarmouth
• Upbeat Offers exercise, social and health educational activities for people in West Suffolk who have had heart attacks or other heart related problems and their partner or carer

General information links

• Supporting services