My aunt was rushed to the hospital again around 2 AM today because of high blood pressure. Almost of my relatives, from my mom down to all her sisters, have hypertension. It really runs in the family.
Good thing my husband and I don’t experience this but because of numerous incidents that we always have to rush them always to the hospital, it made me really conscious and so I decided to make some readings about high blood pressure or hypertension.
As defined by wikipedia.org:
“Hypertension, most commonly referred to as "high blood pressure", HTN or HPN, is a medical condition in which the blood pressure is chronically elevated. It was previously referred to as arterial hypertension, but in current usage, the word "hypertension" without a qualifier normally refers to arterial hypertension.
Persistent hypertension is one of the risk factors for strokes, heart attacks, heart failure and arterial aneurysm, and is a leading cause of chronic renal failure. Even moderate elevation of arterial blood pressure leads to shortened life expectancy. At severely high pressures, defined as mean arterial pressures 50% or more above average, a person can expect to live no more than a few years unless appropriately treated.
Hypertension is considered to be present when a person's systolic blood pressure is consistently 140 mmHg or greater, and/or their diastolic blood pressure is consistently 90 mmHg or greater. The Mayo Clinic website specifies blood pressure is "normal if it's below 120/80" but that "some data indicate that 115/75 mm Hg should be the gold standard." In patients with diabetes mellitus or kidney disease studies have shown that blood pressure over 130/80 mmHg should be considered high and warrants further treatment.”
They say that there are no symptoms for hypertension and the only way to find out if you’re high blood or not is by getting a measurement of your blood pressure. Although some patients experience headaches, fatigue, dizziness, blurred vision, facial flushing or tinnitus.
So how can this be prevented? I can say that discipline is the number one treatment for hypertension. Why you may ask? Because in order to prevent having high blood pressure, you should have a life style change. A person who has high blood pressure should do regular exercise, should watch what they eat and they should avoid fatty foods and they should follow a reduce sodium or salt diet. They should also stay away from tobacco and alcohol and they should try to relax to avoid stress.
Good thing my husband and I don’t experience this but because of numerous incidents that we always have to rush them always to the hospital, it made me really conscious and so I decided to make some readings about high blood pressure or hypertension.
As defined by wikipedia.org:
“Hypertension, most commonly referred to as "high blood pressure", HTN or HPN, is a medical condition in which the blood pressure is chronically elevated. It was previously referred to as arterial hypertension, but in current usage, the word "hypertension" without a qualifier normally refers to arterial hypertension.
Persistent hypertension is one of the risk factors for strokes, heart attacks, heart failure and arterial aneurysm, and is a leading cause of chronic renal failure. Even moderate elevation of arterial blood pressure leads to shortened life expectancy. At severely high pressures, defined as mean arterial pressures 50% or more above average, a person can expect to live no more than a few years unless appropriately treated.
Hypertension is considered to be present when a person's systolic blood pressure is consistently 140 mmHg or greater, and/or their diastolic blood pressure is consistently 90 mmHg or greater. The Mayo Clinic website specifies blood pressure is "normal if it's below 120/80" but that "some data indicate that 115/75 mm Hg should be the gold standard." In patients with diabetes mellitus or kidney disease studies have shown that blood pressure over 130/80 mmHg should be considered high and warrants further treatment.”
They say that there are no symptoms for hypertension and the only way to find out if you’re high blood or not is by getting a measurement of your blood pressure. Although some patients experience headaches, fatigue, dizziness, blurred vision, facial flushing or tinnitus.
So how can this be prevented? I can say that discipline is the number one treatment for hypertension. Why you may ask? Because in order to prevent having high blood pressure, you should have a life style change. A person who has high blood pressure should do regular exercise, should watch what they eat and they should avoid fatty foods and they should follow a reduce sodium or salt diet. They should also stay away from tobacco and alcohol and they should try to relax to avoid stress.
So let’s all not be a victim and let’s all start to live healthy.
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