Beware of Hypertension

What is hypertension? Hypertension, another public-known term, high-blood pressure or arterial blood pressure, is the disorder force of blood pushing against the walls of arteries as it flows through the arteries, normally this happens when ones blood pressure are extremely high.

Are there hypertension symptoms Nearly one-third of people never realize that they have already have hypertension. Learn the sign to watch for hypertension.

Normally, the signs of hypertension are unidentifiable, but blood pressure can become dangerously high reaching greater than 140mmHg and threaten your organs of life.

Diabetes, kidney or tumours- are you diagnosed with any of these diseases? Are you one of the females taking big dosage of birth control pill? Are you a smoker? If any of the above of your answer is yes, be sure to drive to your nearby doctor to check on your blood pressure regularly. Never wait until the time that warrants you to pick up your phone to call for a doctor visit.

If your blood pressures shows a measures of 140 mmHg consistently or greater, you are diagnosed with hypertension. If your blood pressure reaches 90 mmHg or greater consistently, your might be safe. Listen carefully to the phrase 'might' be safe. Due to the 2003 studies from the Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure discovered that ones with 120/80 mmHg to 139/89 mmHg blood pressure are categorized as "prehypertension", those who has high risk potential of being diagnose by hypertension disease.

Hypertension does not choose victim between race (white and black), sex and age. It is a blind disease that even attacks the pregnant women and adolescences, there are about 10% of pregnant women who are diagnosed with hypertension each year. A perception of good health and the lack of perceived need for a regular physician leave chances and opportunities of untreated and uncontrolled hypertension attack.

There are two level of hypertension: essential (primary) and secondary. Until today, one that is diagnosed with essential hypertension is unexplainable and untreatable. Meanwhile, the less common secondary hypertension is the result of another condition or disorder such as kidney disease, diabetes, tumors or sleep apnea.

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