Hypertension

I have some evidence (on me) that the answer is affirmative.

No. In fact, their blood pressure is lower than what is considered normal. So is their pulse.

Different classes of drugs act in different ways. ==General idea== In each of the following cases, try to picture blood and blood vessels as water and a hose pipe. Faster flowing water makes the water squirt further (high blood pressure). Making the hosepipe thinner also makes the water squirt further. So immediately you can see that reducing the amount of water or the speed at which it's flowing and making the pipe bigger reduces the water pressure ==Details== Diuretics, (e.g. bendroflumethiazide, furosemide) act on the kidneys to increase the amount of water removed from your blood. Less water in your blood = less blood = lower blood pressure. NB drinking less does not produce the same effects. ACE inhibitor and angiotensin II antagonists (most drugs ending in ...pril or ...sartan) act to block an enzyme system in the body (renin-angiotension-aldosterone cascade) to produce relaxation of blood vessels and increased salts and fluid loss from the blood. Beta-blockers (ending in ...lol) block some of the signals going to your heart telling it to beat faster. If heart rate is reduced, the amount of blood being pumped is reduced so blood pressure will fall. Calcium channel blockers ( normally ending in ...dipine (and verapamil and diltiazem)), potassium channel activators (e.g. nicorandil) and alpha blockers (e.g. doxazosin) act to relax blood vessels, increasing the space for the blood to flow in and reducing blood pressure. There are plenty of other drugs which reduce blood pressure in other ways, but these are the most common classes. ==Biochemical level== If you'd like more information about the pharmacology of these drugs just ask ;)

If you are on blood thinners, you will bleed more. I have high blood pressure, have a heart condition, take two blood thinners and aspirin a day, so their is concern, I was. I had tattoos before and have had three since then, I did bruise a lot easier and it does tend to bleed a little more, but not that it made a difference. Each tattoo went way better than I thought and healed in the same if not sooner than the ones before. I would recommend taking 600 - 800 milligrams of ibuprofen before; it takes a little sting of the pain.

Having healthy blood pressure is essential to heart health. The most effective way to lower blood pressure is to exercise regularly. This strengthens the heart, so it doesn't have to use as much force.

Pre-hypertension is when you blood pressure reading for consecutive monitoring has been within the borderline limit of hypertension and normal.

increasing retention of sodium and water

not in moderation

Yes! This is something not known well outside of the medical community, but high blood pressure is extremely communicable. You would be surprised by the list of things that tend to pass between people living together, or in close contact often, including leukemia and arthritis.

Good luck!