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ABOUT HYPERTENSION Download App • High blood pressure is grouped as primary hypertension or secondary hypertension. Most of the cases are primary and defined as high blood pressure due to nonspecific lifestyle and genetic factors. • Lifestyle factors that shoot up the risk includes excess salt in the diet, excess body weight, smoking, and alcohol use. • Few of the remaining cases are categorized as secondary high blood pressure and defined as high blood pressure due to an identifiable cause. • The causes incudes chronic kidney disease, narrowing arteries of kidney, an endocrine disorder, or the usage of birth control pills. www.meddco.com
SIGNS & SYMPTOMS Download App • Hypertension is never amid symptoms, and its identification is typically through screening, or when seeking healthcare for an unrelated problem. • Some people with high vital sign report headaches, lightheadedness, vertigo, nose bleed, shortness of breathe, altered vision or fainting episodes. • On physical examination, hypertension could also be related to the presence of changes within the optic fundus seen by ophthalmoscopy. • The severity of the changes typical of hypertensive retinopathy is graded from I to IV; grades I and II could also be difficult to differentiate. The severity of the retinopathy correlates roughly with the duration or the severity of the hypertension. www.meddco.com
CAUSES Download App • PRIMARY HYPERTENSION • Primary hypertension results from a complexion of genes and environmental factors. Vital sign rises with aging and also the risk of becoming hypertensive in later life is important. • Several environmental factors influence pressure level. High salt intake raises the pressure in salt sensitive individuals; lack of exercise, central obesity can play an important aspect in individual cases. www.meddco.com
CAUSES Download App • SECONDARY HYPERTENSION • Secondary hypertension results from an identifiable cause. Nephrosis is the most typical secondary reason for hypertension. • Hypertension may also be caused by endocrine conditions. • Other causes of hypertension include obesity, sleeping disorder, pregnancy, excessive drinking of alcohol, certain prescription medicines, herbal remedies, and stimulants like cocaine and methamphetamine. • Depression was also linked to hypertension. www.meddco.com
PREVENTION Download App • Lifestyle alteration are required to lower blood pressure. • Maintain a healthy body weight for adults. • Reduce intake of deitary sodium <100 mmol/ day. • Engage in daily aerobic physical activity such as brisk walking, running, etc. • Limit consumption of alcohol to not more than 3 units/day in men & not more than 2 units/day in women. • Consumption of a diet rich in fruit and vegetables. • Maintain a healthy body weight for adults. • Reduce intake of deitary sodium <100 mmol/ day. • Engage in daily aerobic physical activity such as brisk walking, running, etc. • Limit consumption of alcohol to not more than 3 units/day in men & not more than 2 units/day in women. • Consumption of a diet rich in fruit and vegetables. www.meddco.com
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