To date, a huge number of diseases are known. One of the most common is arterial hypertension. Not everyone knows what kind of ailment this is, although the pressure often rises in almost half of people whose age exceeds 50-55 years. It is worth noting that this disease also occurs in young people. It has been established that approximately 10% of people under the age of 30 have a disease such as arterial hypertension. What kind of disease is this, young people know even less than the adult generation.
Causes of occurrence
Depending on why the disease began to develop, essential and symptomatic hypertension is released. In the first case, it is not possible to identify any specific factor that has become the trigger for a significant increase in blood pressure. As for the second option, in this case it is possible to clearly establish why arterial hypertension developed . What these are and what are the reasons can be determined using various additional research methods. By the way, the most often symptomatic form of this disease occurs when there is some pathological process in the kidney tissue. The fact is that in this case, the activity of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system is disrupted.
Given the characteristics of the lifestyle of a modern person, excess weight can be an important reason for the development of hypertension. Each year, the diagnosis of hypertension allows you to trace an interesting trend. More often than not, fat people get sick. The fact is that already 15-20 extra pounds can cause arterial hypertension to begin to develop, that this disease will only worsen with a further increase in body weight, there can be no doubt. 15-20 extra kg can cause arterial hypertension in a completely healthy person. It has also been proven that salt abuse can also lead to the development of this unpleasant disease.
Clinic
Symptoms of this ailment may not appear at all over a long period of time. Usually, with an increased level of blood pressure, people develop headaches in the occipital region, nausea, sometimes turning into vomiting, as well as "flies" in front of the eyes. Complications appear only when severe hypertension is observed for a long time. Everyone should know that this can lead to a progressive decrease in visual acuity and many other unpleasant ailments, since not everyone controls their blood pressure.
Treatment
In the event that this disease has been identified, you should try to get rid of it as soon as possible. In the initial stages, you can do without medications. Few people understand that sometimes a decrease in increased body weight by 15-20 kg is quite enough for hypertension to leave a person. That this should be done gradually - not everyone takes into account either. Physiological weight loss is a weight loss of not more than 1 kg per week. Also, a person with arterial hypertension should limit salt in his diet.
In more serious cases, pressure can only be controlled by taking antihypertensive drugs. The most popular among them are drugs from the group of ACE inhibitors. Sometimes they are combined with diuretics in order to enhance the hypotensive effect.