Disease Details
| Hypertension | |
|---|---|
| Disease Type | Non - communicable diseases |
| Description |
High blood pressure is a common disease that occurs when there is a constant pressure of blood on the walls of the arteries and long-term so that it is strong enough to result in many health problems occur, such as: heart disease. Is determined by the amount of blood pressure, the amount of blood pumped by the heart, the size of resistance to the strength of the arteries and the flow of blood flow, the more heart pumping blood or narrower arteries were higher blood pressure |
| Causes |
There are two types of high blood pressure disease, and therefore, for each type their causes are as follows : - Primary hypertension There is no known specific cause for high blood pressure in adults, but it develops gradually over many years . - Secondary hypertensiony hypertension Some people affected by high blood pressure caused by a certain reason. This type of high blood pressure is called secondary higher blood pressure and may lead to the disease incidence of essential hypertension. One of the reasons of developing high blood pressure secondary are : 1. Sleep apnea. 2. Kidney problems. 3. Adrenal gland tumors. 4. Problems with thyroid gland. 5. A congenital defect in the blood vessels since birth. 6. Take some medications, such as birth control drugs, colds, congestion removers, excessive painkillers and certain drugs. 7. Drug abuse, such as cocaine and amphetamines. 8. Chronic or chronic alcohol abuse |
| Symptoms | It depends on the diagnosis when developing high blood pressure on the reading of blood pressure measurements. As the absent of these readings the patient will never know his disease in which do not show any symptoms usually damage in some parts of the body prior to its discovery . |
| Treatments |
- Treatment plan determined by the treating physician with the medical team. - Change the style and lifestyle to become more healthy - Drugs as recommended by the competent doctor |
| Prevention |
A healthy person can take steps to prevent the incidence of high blood pressure through : - Losing weight loss when there is an increase in it - Reduce the amount of consumption of table salt - Exercise regularly. - Stick to a healthy diet. - Reduce the amount of caffeine consumed. - Stop smoking bowel syndrome |
| Risk Factor |
- Age - Ethnicity - Overweight. - Gender - Lifestyle. - Family history |
