on PinterestCriminal Minds and Archer star Aisha Tyler is opening up about taking preventive health more seriously following her father’s stroke, and the healthy habits she’s adopted to boost her well-being.
on PinterestCriminal Minds and Archer star Aisha Tyler is opening up about taking preventive health more seriously following her father’s stroke, and the healthy habits she’s adopted to boost her well-being. Aisha Tyler
- Actor and director Aisha Tyler opens up about why high blood pressure is personal.
- She teamed up with the CDC Foundation to raise awareness about hypertension and how to control it.
- About half of Americans live with high blood pressure.
Actor and director Aisha Tyler, best known for playing Dr. Tara Lewis in Criminal Minds and Lana Kane in Archer, is spreading the word about preventing high blood pressure, which affects nearly half of U.S. adults.
“[My] father had a pretty major stroke several years ago, and it really made me start to focus a bit more closely on my own potential risk factors, including blood pressure,” she told Healthline.
Because her dad was a fit and active person, the stroke was a shock.
“[It] just made me realize that these factors don’t always reveal themselves in either lifestyle or in physical symptoms,” Tyler said.
She teamed up with the CDC Foundation to launch Hypertension Bites, a national campaign designed to help adults better understand high blood pressure and the steps they can take to get it under control during midlife.
Left uncontrolled, it is the leading risk factor for heart attack, stroke, aneurysm, aortic dissection, kidney failure, and dementia.
“Over time, high blood pressure can cause chronic heart damage from excessive thickening of the heart muscle (left ventricular hypertrophy), eventually weakening the muscle and causing heart failure,” Bhavna Suri, MD, cardiologist at Manhattan Cardiology and contributor to LabFinder, told Healthline.
When it damages the blood vessels in the eyes, it can lead to hypertensive retinopathy, resulting in blurred vision or complete blindness, she added.
She also noted that it can “cause hardening of the arteries or atherosclerosis, leading to erectile dysfunction.“
Because the condition is typically asymptomatic and most people with high blood pressure feel fine, they frequently miss high blood pressure symptoms, said Suri.
When symptoms related to high blood pressure, like headaches, dizziness, vision changes, or fatigue, occur, she said they are often attributed to stress, aging, or lack of sleep rather than hypertension.
However, Suri said high blood pressure is treatable and controllable despite being a chronic condition that typically requires lifelong management.
“While there is no ‘cure’ that makes it go away forever, many people successfully keep their blood pressure in a healthy range through a combination of lifestyle changes and medical treatment,” she said.
This is the message Tyler is spreading through the Hypertension Campaign. Healthline spoke with her to learn more about her thoughts on preventive care, healthy aging, and how she balances work and life.
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity and length.
Why did you want to be part of this campaign?
I was so excited about this hypertension campaign because I felt like it gives people a really simple place to start. Have a visit with your doctor, find out what your numbers are, put a really simple plan in place [and] if
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