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Blood Pressure Dept: It is one of the most significant risk factors for dementia, heart disease and stroke, and the longer it goes untreated, the higher the potential damage. It's estimated that 40 per cent of Canadians have high blood pressure that goes undiagnosed, according to Globe and Mail. If you ve ever had your blood pressure checked, you may know that there are two numbers we use to describe it: The top number systolic pressure is the pressure when your heart beats or contracts, and the bottom number diastolic pressure is the pressure when the heart relaxes and refills with blood and The answer: It may seem unnecessary to treat something you dont feel, so it understandable why you have this concern. But the truth is, even though high blood pressure, or hypertension, doesn't cause symptoms in most people, it very important to treat as it can lead to damage to the kidneys, eyes, brain and heart. What blood pressure? It the force that is put on the walls of the arteries as blood flows through them. This pressure is the vital force needed to get nutrients and oxygen in our blood to our organs. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.