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hypertension treatment at home :: Article Creator How To Use A Blood Pressure Cuff At Home There's a reason high blood pressure is called the "silent killer:" It generally produces no symptoms. "In other words, a person may feel perfectly fine yet have dangerously elevated blood pressures," says Ian Del Conde, M.D., a cardiologist and vascular medicine specialist at Baptist Health's Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute in Florida. "The only way to know that one's blood pressure is normal is by measuring it." High blood pressure is very common: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly half of adults in the U.S. Have hypertension, and only one in four adults have it under control . While your blood pressure is typically checked at routine doctor appointments, it may not give a complete picture. "Blood pressure at the doctor's office is only one point in time,...