HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE: WHERE IT ALL STARTED?

Written by Jinky C. Mesias


There are two forms of high blood pressure and these arerepparttar essential hypertension andrepparttar 139966 secondary hypertension. The essential hypertension isrepparttar 139967 more common condition and blamed for almost 95% of hypertension. Aside from that,repparttar 139968 cause of essential hypertension is multifactor since there are several factors which when combined produce hypertension. The secondary form of hypertension is accounted for only 5% of hypertension cases since it caused a particular abnormality in one ofrepparttar 139969 organs or systems ofrepparttar 139970 body.

In addition, essential hypertension was known to affect about 75 million Americans; however, its origin is still unknown. Moreover, there some certain associations that have been recognized especially in people with hypertension like essential hypertension develops only in groups or societies that have fairly high intake of salt which is exceedingrepparttar 139971 normal 5.8 supposedly daily intake of salt. Furthermore, there have been findings that proverepparttar 139972 salt intake of a person plays an important factor in reference to essential hypertension in many situations. And also,repparttar 139973 excess in salt is also associated withrepparttar 139974 advance aging of cells.

Another factor believed to contribute to development of essential hypertension arerepparttar 139975 genetic factors. However,repparttar 139976 genes for hypertension have not

WHAT LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION CAN DO FOR HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS?

Written by Jinky C. Mesias


One way of treating high blood pressure is by means of lifestyle modification. You might be wondering just what is meant by lifestyle modification-lifestyle modification pertains to some specific recommendations for changing some habits, diet as well as exercise. These modifications are recommended to aid in loweringrepparttar blood pressure which in turn will improve a patient’s response to blood pressure medications. Patients who drink excessive alcohol have a greater risk of having hypertension. The connection betweenrepparttar 139965 alcohol and high blood pressure is so imminent that an alcohol intake that exceeds five drinks per day of alcohol will definitely result to hypertension. Another is smoking; although it is not associated withrepparttar 139966 increase inrepparttar 139967 development of hypertension,repparttar 139968 fact remains that smoking boostrepparttar 139969 risk of vascular complications in patients who have existing hypertension. However, continuous smoking of cigarette may have an effect inrepparttar 139970 blood pressure by temporarily raisingrepparttar 139971 blood pressure to 5 up to 10 mm Hg. Moreover, it may be noted that regular smokers have actually lower blood pressure compared to nonsmokers. The rationale behind this phenomenon is thatrepparttar 139972 nicotine in cigarettes causes a decrease in appetite which usually leads to weight loss which in turn lowersrepparttar 139973 blood pressure.

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