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The Social Cost Of Hypertension
High blood pressure is an issue of great importance in the socio-health for three main reasons: the high number of individuals affected by this morbid form, the fact that this is one of the main risk factors for some of the most common diseases currently afflicting the population of countries with higher economic development, the high cost of health management in the prevention, treatment, Prognosis, periodic inspections.
In most European countries, the percentage allocated to spending on cardiovascular drugs is at the top, make exceptions for some countries such as Finland, Germany, Britain, Austria and Spain, where a second.
In Italy, drugs for the cardiovascular system are still the most prescribed therapeutic category. According to the report OsMED 2007, this therapeutic class is the first requirement is in place in terms of expenditure and quantity required. Moreover, the consumption of cardiovascular drugs is growing.
In 2007, the ratio OsMED drugs for the prevention of cardiovascular risk are part of the lion. Among the 30 active ingredients in most prescription, 19 belong to Class C or B and between 4 are ACE inhibitors, angiotensin receptor blockers 3, 2 statins, beta-blockers and 2 ASA 2. Read the rest of this entry »
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What is Hyperlipidemia?
We know that our body ingests and produces two types of lipids: cholesterol and triglycerides. When levels of any of these blood fats we are looking at a picture of hyperlipidemia. This means that the altered levels of cholesterol or triglycerides in the blood is hyperlipidemia.
This picture may be inherited or occur as a result of an unbalanced diet rich in fats.
The types of hyperlipidaemia are:
Hypercholesterolaemia: Increased low density lipoprotein (LDL), what we call bad cholesterol. Bad cholesterol unlike the good (HDL, LDL) in the body travels in the opposite direction from the liver to other tissues. When there is excess cholesterol in the blood is deposited in the arteries and that’s when we have the risk of heart disease by clogging.
Increases Hypertension Among Spanish
Experts call for a more generic intervention to prevent cardiovascular events in people at high risk, and also recommend smoking cessation and reducing salt intake
More than 200 experts in hypertension have gathered in Seville to celebrate Hypertension Annual Meeting organized by the Spanish Society of Cardiology (ESC). At the meeting were released the results of several studies related to the treatment of hypertension (HTA) conducted in primary care and cardiology services, an example of these is the TABARCA study that analyzes the influence of snuff in cardiovascular complications in patients admitted to hospital for an acute coronary syndrome.
Another central thrust of the meeting has been prevention in patients at high risk if, as says Dr. Pilar Mazon, president of the Hypertension Section of the SEC, “we must move towards a more vigorous intervention, both pharmacological as reinforcing the changes in lifestyle, with special emphasis on the abandonment of snuff, including smoking cessation drugs. It should consider the cardiovascular risk in a comprehensive manner, taking into account renal function and extracardiac vascular level.