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What is Hypertension?

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

HypertensionWhen your heart beats, it pumps blood into your arteries and creates pressure in ellas.Dicha pressure is getting the blood to circulate throughout the body.

Every time you take the tension given two figures. The first recorded systolic blood pressure (that which occurs in the arteries when the heart beats) and the second, the diastolic pressure (that which is recorded when the heart rests between beats).

If the pressure rises above the normal limit – and could be coded in 140/90 in adults – there is what we call high blood pressure is a very common disease worldwide that affects more than 20 percent of adults between 40 and 65 and nearly 50 percent and those over 65. (more…)

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What is Hypertension?

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

What is Hypertension?

Hypertension is increasing pressure numbers (blood) pressure above certain values that change with age.

Usually said that a person has hypertension where three measurements at random for a month, their values are higher than 140 mmHg systolic blood pressure (SBP or commonly the “high”) and 90 mmHg diastolic blood pressure (DBP or “low”).

The Hypertension is not a disease in itself but is a risk factor for various diseases such as myocardial infarction and cerebral infarction or stroke.

It is important to have controlled blood pressure numbers to avoid different complications of disease and risk for suffering another. There are 2 types of hypertension:

* Essential hypertension: the most common and that is 90% of the population
* Secondary hypertension: to some underlying disease (pej pheochromocytoma)

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