What is Hypertension?
Posted by Ilona Ernest | February 21st, 2010 in Hypertension | No Comments »
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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