Medical Information Blog » Hypertension http://www.ami20.com Offering Medical Information Updated Daily Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:51:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Hypertension: What You Should Know About The Issue http://www.ami20.com/hypertension-what-you-should-know-about-the-issue.htm http://www.ami20.com/hypertension-what-you-should-know-about-the-issue.htm#comments Mon, 26 Apr 2010 01:51:52 +0000 Gray Sahacrash http://www.ami20.com/?p=176 If you have a persistent blood pressure of 140 systolic and 90 diastolic, which is experiencing high blood pressure? There are various reasons why a person is hypertensive. In excess as a consequence of obesity is a common cause. Factors such as heredity and racial background also predispose an individual to hypertension. People whose parents have a known history of hypertension are more prone to high blood pressure. Black people are more likely to become hypertensive compared with whites. Stress whether physical, social, or those relating to companies is also a known factor in high blood pressure. People living in the city are more likely to develop hypertension compared with those living in rural areas. Smokers also can increase their vulnerability to hypertension. A smoker in May temporarily increases their systolic blood pressure of five to ten times every time you smoke a single cigarette.

Usually, high blood pressures do not occur for demonstrations before the age of thirty-five, even if a person is the practice of unhealthy habits that predispose to hypertension. However, if you are very concerned about your health and take other warning of experience, you will be able to correct the bad habits and prevent any major health emergency in the future.

Kidney disease resulting from infections such as scarlet fever, tonsillitis, typhoid fever can cause high blood pressure. The increased pressure in this case is a natural mechanism to compensate to maintain a normal rate of seepage through the hardened walls of small arteries in the kidneys. The slow progressive type of renal disease more often accompanied by the hardening of the arteries, heart enlargement and hypertension.

High blood pressure symptoms can vary greatly. Sometimes the only apparent signs of a man whose systolic perhaps 200 or more are its strong health, Ruddy or rinse the face and overweight. Although blood pressure is high, however, does not cause any discomfort. In other cases, a person who has high blood pressure may experience dizziness, aching or throbbing headache and ringing in the ears.

There are plenty of preventive measures that can make high blood pressure before the hardening of the arteries starts. Lifestyle modifications are important in order to achieve a more favorable and healthy blood pressure.

Since obesity predisposes a person to high blood pressure, moving to a healthier diet will be beneficial for obese people. Controlling appetite and maintaining a normal or slightly below an underweight are important for maintaining blood pressure. A hypertensive person should refrain from excessive protein food, rich cakes, sweets, desserts and beverages with caffeine. Should be very little salt in your diet too.

Smoking and alcohol are two factors that can aggravate hypertension. An increase in alcohol consumption amplifies a person’s predisposition to high blood pressure. Quitting smoking and alcohol altogether is beneficial for a person with hypertension.

Participate in an exercise program such as walking, running and swimming has been found to be useful in reducing blood pressure. Although exercise helps lower blood pressure, from a new exercise regime should be in consultation with and approved by your doctor.

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]]> http://www.ami20.com/hypertension-what-you-should-know-about-the-issue.htm/feed 0 Is your blood pressure under control really? http://www.ami20.com/is-your-blood-pressure-under-control-really.htm http://www.ami20.com/is-your-blood-pressure-under-control-really.htm#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 01:35:43 +0000 Gray Sahacrash http://www.ami20.com/?p=173 Hypertension (high blood pressure) is a common problem in this country. Fortunately, most people can be easily controlled with a combination of lifestyle changes and medication.

If you are taking blood pressure medications, it is important to watch at home regularly. In a significant number of people with hypertension, blood pressure is not adequately controlled, despite being on medication. It’s a good idea to get a blood pressure monitor to use at home (the type that goes around the arm, not the wrist). Take the pressure in the morning and at night at least every week and keep track of your readings.

Why is it important to control? Uncontrolled hypertension can cause a variety of potential danger to life, such as:

* Heart failure
* Aneurysm, a weakening of the wall of a blood vessel that bulges and can burst
* Kidney damage that can lead to kidney failure
* Stroke

Many people are aware that some nonprescription drugs can have an adverse effect on your blood pressure. Common drugs such as decongestants and nasal sprays, can raise blood pressure to unhealthy levels. Do not assume that you can buy without a prescription that is quite safe. Read the labels of OTC drugs and when in doubt, consult your doctor or pharmacist.

In addition to taking their medication as prescribed, what can you do to help control your blood pressure? Let’s start with diet. The DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) is a study by the National Institutes of Health has shown that a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains and foods with low fat dairy products, along with a reduction in sodium intake may help lower blood pressure as much as 14%.

Regular moderate exercise also helps control blood pressure, as well as maintaining a healthy weight. It has also shown that deep, slow breathing done on a regular basis can have a positive impact on blood pressure.

It is important that you become an active partner with your doctor in maintaining their health. If, after regular follow-up, find your blood pressure is consistently high (optimal blood pressure is now defined as below 120/80), discuss with your doctor. Doctors are being urged to be more aggressive in treating high blood pressure, and yet, some doctors are a bit lax on this important issue. Sometimes all it takes is an adjustment in the dose of medication or a change to a new drug. Either way, make sure your blood pressure is well controlled. It could save your life.

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Hypertension in Children
In recent years there has been an increase in childhood obesity and an alarming increase in the number of hypertensive children. Hence, extreme care is for children to prevent their occurrence. Balanced diet, exercise and blood pressure controls are vital.
To make a correct measurement of blood pressure in childhood is necessary to use sleeves of a size suitable to the child’s arm. For that reason there are appropriate models to measure at any age.

Hypertension in Women
Women typically have systolic blood pressure values lower than those of men. However, systolic blood pressure increased with age in a more pronounced in women: above 60 years women have higher blood pressure numbers, increasing the frequency of hypertension in this age group.

Oral contraceptives also cause a slight elevation of blood pressure in most women and can cause hypertension in a small proportion. The same applies to the hormone replacement therapy.

Hypertension and pregnancy
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy remain a major cause of problems during pregnancy that cause disease in the fetus and the neonatal period. Normally, blood pressure decreases in the second quarter and third quarter, the figures usually return to pre-pregnancy values. These changes may increase in some cases and cause complications, so it is extremely important to control blood pressure numbers during this time.

Hypertension in elderly
As systolic blood pressure rises with age, has long considered it normal that at older ages is get high blood pressure. Today we know the figures for blood pressure should remain within normal ranges for all ages to reduce the risk of cardiovascular complications.

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The best treatment of hypertension is a good prevention to avoid their occurrence.This is essential to follow a heart-healthy lifestyle:

* Do not smoke. The snuff raises blood pressure and heart rate. In addition, hypertensive smokers multiply the detrimental effect of snuff. Quitting smoking has positive effects outweigh any medication for hypertension.
* Be careful with alcohol. Moderate consumption of alcohol (a glass of wine daily with meals) may be beneficial, but if it causes excessive increase in blood pressure and other harmful changes the heart and other organs.
* Control your weight. Overweight is a cause of hypertension. Reducing it lowers blood pressure and reduces cardiovascular risk and diabetes.
* Exercise. Conducting regular exercise lowers blood pressure numbers. It increases muscle mass and exercise capacity, helps control weight and reduce cardiovascular risk achieved.
* Practice a heart-healthy diet. Hypertensive patients should reduce salt intake and foods that contain it. It is also necessary to consume fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts, bread and other cereals. Finally, using olive oil as main fat and increasing intake of poultry and fish at the expense of red meat.
* Drug treatment. If you are hypertensive you can not settle for the above recommendations, as you may need to continue drug treatment. The results do not always reflect an immediate reduction in blood pressure, so it is necessary to wait a bit before the doctor put to a medication change.

Antihypertensive drugs are grouped into several types:

1. Diuretics.
2. Renin angiotensin system inhibitors (ACEI).
3. Antagonists of angiotensin receptor (ARB)
4. Calcium antagonists.
5. Beta-blockers.
6. Association of drugs.

Patients who continue antihypertensive treatment should consider these tips:

* Although blood pressure has returned to normal should not stop taking the medication before.
* Strictly adhere to the treatment and try to always keep the time of intake of the pills.
* Consultation with the doctor if treatment is not successful here, because sometimes it is necessary to involve several drugs to control blood pressure. Check also whether a specific food diet (eg, salt) is blocking the antihypertensive effect of the medication.
* The treatment should always be reconciled with the heart-healthy lifestyle.
* Watch other risk factors, because if not, your good blood pressure numbers will not help much.

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How to diagnosis?

Diagnosis is based on a simple measurement procedure, although in some cases the need for further tests such as blood pressure holter. It is imperative to complete the study with laboratory tests (blood and urine) and an electrocardiogram. To facilitate a diagnosis is very important to consider these recommendations:
* High blood pressure causes no symptoms and may go unnoticed.
* It is more common after age 40 but can appear at any age.
* There is familial predisposition, but also occurs in people with no history.

How to measure?

Blood pressure is measured by devices called a sphygmomanometer, popularly known as sphygmomanometers, which are subject to regulatory approvals and validations. To correct the measurement obtained must follow a number of indications:
* As the blood pressure changes throughout the day and night, make the measurement always at the same time.
* Find a quiet room without noise or interruption, with a temperature of 20-25 ยบ C.
* You must be relaxed. No drinking, eating, smoking or physical exercise half an hour earlier.
* Rest 5 minutes before the seizure.
* Sit comfortably with your back against the back of the chair, uncross your legs and take off clothing that may oppress his arm.
* If the tensiometer is arm cuff placed two or three inches above the elbow. Let the palms face up and the elbow slightly flexed at heart level.
* If the tensiometer is wrist, put the wrist strap to the heart.
* Do not talk during measurement.
* Make two separate measures at least two minutes and keep the result of the average of both.
* Point values obtained to inform your doctor.

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The disease may go unnoticed and is most common after age 40 but can appear at any age. Learn.

Hypertension: what is it?
In the elevation of blood pressure levels on a continuous and sustained. To better understand the importance of defining the pressure. The heart puts pressure on the arteries so that they lead the blood to different organs of the body. This action is what is known as blood pressure. The maximum pressure obtained in each heart contraction and the lowest, with each relaxation.

Hypertension: why is a risk factor?
* Hypertension is a greater resistance to the heart, which responds by increasing muscle mass (left ventricular hypertrophy) to deal with that overexertion. This increase in muscle mass turns out to be harmful because it is not accompanied by an equivalent increase in blood flow and can lead to heart failure and angina. In addition, the heart muscle becomes irritable and occur more arrhythmias.
* In patients who have already had a heart problem, hypertension can increase the damage.
* It promotes atherosclerosis (accumulation of cholesterol in the arteries) and thrombosis phenomena (can cause heart attack or stroke). In the worst cases, hypertension may soften the walls of the aorta and cause its dilatation (aneurysm) or break (which would inevitably cause death).

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