High blood pressure can be easy to ignore as there are often no symptoms- but did you know that this disease could literally make you “loose your mind”?

Vascular dementia is often caused by either one or several strokes, ranging from severe to so small they go unnoticed, which damage various parts of the brain impairing memory and overall cognition. The resulting symptoms, such as forgetfulness, are often hard to distinguish from Alzheimer disease. Hypertension is believed to be one of the main risk factors for vascular dementia due to its propensity to cause strokes.

Vascular dementia is preventable, and one of the most important things you can do to protect yourself is maintain healthy blood pressure levels.