High Blood Pressure
Hypertension
Hypertension is a blood pressure equal to or greater than 140/90 on at least two shots taken by different people.
Usually this condition is silent, and casually known as the silent disease because it is only to the years that begins to manifest symptoms. Usually associated with heart disease such as angina, heart attacks or heart failure can kidney problems, including kidney failure and lower limb arterial problems that manifest as pain when walking (intermittent claudication), arterial pulses on palpation of the lower limbs, these are diminished.
The treatment is initially based on salt restriction, exercise, changing lifestyles. If not controlled blood pressure are prescribed a number of oral medications that the doctor should be defined for each particular case.
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Hypertension and High Blood Pressure
High blood pressure, also called hypertension, is a condition in which the force of blood pumped by the heart is consistently high due to the resistance of the arteries against blood flow. Blood pressure is measured as the pressure of the beating heart (systolic) pressure on the heart at rest (diastolic). Hypertension is defined as a blood pressure of 140/90. The normal or healthy blood pressure for adults should be an average of 120/80 or less.
According to the American Heart Association, nearly a third of American adults have high blood pressure, and 30% did not know it! This is why hypertension is known as “the silent murderer.” No sign of warning and no definitive cause.
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Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)
Hypertension, an abnormal blood pressure, affects 63 million Americans. The cause is usually unknown, but hypertension often accompanies atherosclerosis or renal failure. Blood pressure is the force that blood exerts on the walls of blood vessels. The pressure increases temporarily after physical exertion or emotional stress but after a moment of relaxation back to normal. The trouble begins as soon as the pressure does not return to normal but remains high.
This is called essential hypertension, that is independent of specific causes or diseases without apparent cause. Blood pressure has two values: the systolic pressure is the highest value measured while the heart pumps and the diastolic blood pressure measured at rest between beats another. Neither of the two values should be high, normal values are between 110/70 and 140/90.
Although there is a certain cause of hypertension, we know that lifestyle contributes to this disorder. The excess of alcohol (the occasional drinking of large quantities of alcohol, significantly increased blood pressure) fats in the diet, overweight, and salt stress, the lack of fiber, exercise, potassium and calcium are all factors which contribute to hypertension. If this phenomenon becomes stable can cause heart failure (congestive heart failure, coronary heart disease and diseases of the aorta), kidney disease or stroke. Read the rest of this entry »
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Diet And Hypertension
High blood pressure is now one of the most widespread diseases in industrialized countries, often many people are unaware of their medical condition if not before the appearance of a sensational event, that’s why the attention of information structures is facing the appropriate authorities information campaigns.
Hypertension is a disease characterized by a significant increase in blood pressure values than the norm. An individual is defined hypertensive when their systolic blood pressure or maximum is greater than 140 mmHg and diastolic or minimum is greater than 95 mmHg, these values, however, vary continuously, so before confirming a diagnosis of hypertension pressure must be measured several times. Read the rest of this entry »
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Hypertension, Lowering Blood Pressure In Summer
Hypertension, lowering blood pressure estateDopo a year of intense work, but often when being subjected to stress or pathological causes for pressure measurement may hold the nasty surprise of finding phenomena of hypertension or high blood pressure either the systolic pressure (the maximum) and the minimum diastolic pressure).
High blood pressure often leads to problems lata risk, as well known, both for the heart, the brain to the nervous system and kidney. Subject specialist medical consultation if you have any phenomena of hypertension during the summer and more relaxed when you can take small steps acts to lower blood pressure and thus the reduction of hypertension.
Follow a diet for hypertension associated with a healthy lifestyle and pharmacological activation of a cycle under the care of a specialist are surely the main road to follow but there are still small steps that can help us even when we are sea or on vacation. Read the rest of this entry »
Hypertension Therapy
Arriva therapy for resistant hypertension unresponsive to medication. It is a biotech therapy, the ‘Rheos Baroreflex Activation Therapy’ (BAT), which give ‘on those who suffer from this disorder higher quality’ and life expectancy. The first patients to benefit will be those of Lombardy, Tuscany and Emilia Romagna, but by the end of 2010, will be ‘extended to other regions and in Europe.
“The purpose of the Bat – said prof. Gianfranco Parati, head of cardiology Auxologico Institute, Milan – via a pacemaker is electrically stimulate the carotid baroreceptors, and that is one of the most important mechanisms involved in regulating blood pressure. Their stimulation reduces sympathetic nerve activity and leads to vasodilation and slow heart rate, and consequently a reduction in blood pressure.
High Blood Pressure Vulnerable Forgets
High blood pressure vulnerable forgets lasting results recently, that someone with high blood diseases are believed to potentially affected by memory problems in middle age. However, the same thing does not occur in individuals who do not suffer from high blood diseases.
The study also noted other facts that suggested a link between high blood with Dementia (changes in emotional state) which potentially leads to alzeimer disease. Not only that, the researchers also obtained the facts which the people with high blood diseases potentially experiencing acute dementia and other psychological problems up to be a sign of mild mental damage.
Georgios Tsivgoulis, Head of research team from the University of Alabama, U.S., said the high blood diseases are possible to be prevented or treated. Similarly with mild mental damage which the early symptoms of Dementia.
10 Tips to Control Blood Pressure Levels
As you know have high blood pressure is not good for your health, but with a proper diet can control blood pressure levels and to stop hypertension.
1. Reduce salt
* It sounds obvious but it is true, reduce the salt causes the voltage is lower.
* So when dressing and season your dishes moderates the salt and instead make use of other ingredients such as species, lemon, etc.
* Remember that salt is not only present in the salt. The sausage, precooked food, smoked fish, salted fish, aged cheeses and savory snacks are also rich in salt. So avoid these foods and opt for others like the cheese, the turkey cold cuts, etc..
2. Take foods rich in potassium
* Potassium helps regulate blood pressure levels.
* There are many foods rich in potassium, such as fruits, vegetables and vegetables.
3. Reduce consumption of bad fats (saturated fat)
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Suffer From High Blood Pressure
Suffer from high blood pressure? Well, do not be discouraged if your doctor has recommended you to minimize your consumption of table salt, there are infinite number of other options to give “more taste” to foods. Anyway, believe it would be a good opportunity to ‘learn’ to taste the natural flavor of food.
Is that many times, and many of us, both salted foods at least we do is feel the real taste, and thus become accustomed to salty food and we believe that this is the taste (when in fact it is the salt). As in everything, the key is it’s just so far ‘.
Normalize Blood Pressure
With the precautions and home remedies, medications must be taken after consulting a doctor. Try to live a life without stress. Do Shavasana frequently. Other exercises of light which do not stress the heart must be performed within the limits. In case of severely hypertensive patients, blood pressure check-ups should be done daily, in fact, there should be two or three times a day. Drugs must be rigorously taken to normalize blood pressure. Controlling blood pressure has been shown to reduce the incidence of stroke, heart attacks and other complications such as heart failure, kidney failure and myocardial infarction.
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