Posted by mbotee | Posted in Hypertension | Posted on 22-07-2010
High blood pressure or constant pressure above the normal limit is the main risk factors that cause heart disease and strokes.
“The incidence of hypertension was high and most patients with hypertension has no known cause,” said Dr. Emmanuel Hospital neurologist, Dr. Ruth Mariva SPS, in discussion of hypertension and stroke for municipalities in Bandarlampung Tuesday afternoon.
Hypertension is frequently due to complications that can cause heart disease, stroke, kidney failure and arterial disease (blood vessels peripheral).
risk factor for stroke is the cause of disease that can be changed (family history, age, sex and race) and can be changed (such as blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, cholesterol, uric acid, obesity, smoking, lack of exercise, dams Drug blood diseases).
He mentioned a number of factors that influence the onset of hypertension.
The cause of essential hypertension, namely transcription factors and the environment (salt, alcohol, obesity, lack of exercise, smoking and stress), while secondary hypertension caused by renal conditions, hormonal problems, medications and pregnancy .
He also said that nearly 90 percent of hypertensive patients with essential hypertension, while secondary hypertension varies from 50 to 10 percent.
Hypertension, including common chronic disease in the U.S. and more than 50 percent of cases of stroke is hypertension.
Dr. Ruth said that hypertension is generally not specific symptoms, sometimes feel sick in the head and neck tension.
Within that hypertension is often done when a thorough medical examination (general check-up).
Blood pressure above 200 mmHg often causes no symptoms, but blood pressure has included dangerous.
If blood pressure remains high will cause the vessel wall is damaged or atherosclerosis in blood vessels that leads to thicken, not so easily broken elastic.
