- high blood pressure can cause minor strokes and bleeding.
- daily exercise, reduce sodium intake, increase potassium intake.
- too much sodium causes you to lose potassium and this can cause muscle aches.
Brain damage from high blood pressure?
High blood pressure can sometimes lead to brain damage, reports CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta.
http://cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/bestoftv/2010/05/27/am.gupta.mailbag.cnn.html