Hypertension is a pathology in which a person has high blood pressure. This disease is often called the "silent killer." This name was given to pathology due to the fact that often its development occurs without visible signs, but at the same time the disease itself often leads to serious complications.
If a person has high blood pressure, then there is a high risk of heart attacks, chronic heart failure, strokes,
aortic aneurysm, and renal failure. Hypertension can cause death or disability resulting from strokes and heart attacks. In medical practice, it is believed that the pressure is increased when the tonometer 130-139 reads 85-89. However, this condition is not classified as pathological. Hypertension of the first degree is characteristic when the device reads 140-159 to 90-99, the second - 160-179 to 100-109 of the third - more than 180 to 110.
The reasons for the occurrence of conditions when a person has high blood pressure are not fully defined. However, specific factors are known whose effects contribute to the development of hypertension. Among them, there are those that are not dependent on the person. For example, age (elderly people have a much greater risk of developing pathology). The occurrence of hypertension is affected by heredity. The risk of increased pressure is greatest in men, and it differs in different ethnic groups and age categories.
There are such negative factors for a person that he is able to control. Often increased pressure in those who have a high body weight. The risk of developing hypertension in obese people increases by a factor of six. There is a negative reaction to salt. At the same time, reducing the use of this product lowers pressure. At risk are people who abuse alcohol. At the same time, those who have a predisposition to it are more likely to develop hypertension. Possible pathology and with low physical activity. A sedentary as well as a sedentary daily lifestyle invariably leads to obesity and increased pressure. Hypertension is also caused by certain medications. Stimulants, oral contraceptives and diet pills provoke an increase in pressure.
There are people suffering from the fact that they have high head pressure. Such patients complain of weakness and poor condition after a night's sleep. Pathology is accompanied by headaches, which are many times worse in the morning. If
intracranial pressure is very high, then nausea and vomiting are noted. An increase in headaches in such patients is observed with sneezing and coughing, as well as with sudden movements. A pathology in which head pressure is increased is accompanied by a change in the heartbeat. Sweating and
fainting are frequent
.In the case when a person has elevated eye pressure, this pathology indicates that there is a deformation of the capillaries, contributing to the outflow of fluid. This condition negatively affects the optic nerve, which leads to its atrophy. Symptoms of increased eye pressure are frequent headaches and blurred vision. Hormonal disruptions are possible.