High blood pressure - the scourge of people of the twentieth century. Unfortunately, in the world every fifteen minutes, one person dies of hypertension (this is what is scientifically called pressure increase), and almost all elderly people suffer from it.
High blood pressure symptoms may not be immediate. Even at a young age, people often do not notice weak signs of increased blood pressure and attribute this to fatigue, short-term stress, and a hectic time. But it is the wrong lifestyle that is often the cause of increased blood pressure in the future. It is important to know the symptoms of high blood pressure before the onset of the disease, in order to see a doctor in time and help your body cope with this ailment. So, the first signs of high blood pressure are dizziness, heart pain, nausea, weakness, visual and hearing impairment.
Already with the appearance of these symptoms, high blood pressure should be assumed , but ideally it is necessary to visit a cardiologist and conduct a full examination. In order for the examination to be objective, it will take two days for a quality diagnosis. Unfortunately, not all clinics can boast of the opportunity to conduct such studies, so sometimes you have to resort to the services of a private institution. The first thing that doctors do is to take pressure indicators and an electrocardiogram during the day. At the same time, a doctor should be near the patient, who will be able to notice deviations from the norm in time and correctly qualify them. Ninety percent of success in treating the disease depends on proper diagnosis.
The peculiarity of the disease lies in the fact that high blood pressure is kept so stable, only occasionally returning to normal. This situation is directly opposite to the process that is conceived by nature. Normally, a person rises pressure only in a state of stress. High blood pressure is a kind of protective reaction that makes a person in an unusual situation accumulate all his strength and resist stress. Otherwise, people simply would not have survived. However, such an increase in pressure is justified - it quickly normalizes when the situation returns to normal and the irritant is eliminated. But stably elevated pressure does not lead to positive results. This means that the pressure level does not correspond to the load received at a certain moment. But even without a load, in a state of sleep, the body can not get rid of high blood pressure, so this situation is especially dangerous for humans.
Sometimes high blood pressure can be a secondary phenomenon, which does not occur on its own, but as a complication of some pathology. For example, doctors diagnose hypertension in people with kidney disease, thyroid disease, and so on.
A particular danger of hypertension is that it can cause stroke and myocardial infarction. In this situation, a person may die or remain disabled. But even if the symptoms of arterial hypertension are relieved by drugs, it is worth remembering that with this disease vital organs - the brain, heart, blood vessels - still suffer.
In order to avoid any opportunity to fall on the hook of this insidious disease, it is necessary to avoid risk factors that significantly increase the likelihood of high blood pressure. Such factors include elevated cholesterol, smoking, stress, diabetes, overweight, and a sedentary lifestyle. A person can eliminate these factors on his own.
Unfortunately, a person does not have power over all causes of hypertension. Therefore, for the purpose of prevention, it is worth examining every year, starting with forty-five years, and especially if someone in the family has this disease. After all, high blood pressure, the treatment of which was started as early as possible, is much easier to eliminate than a neglected disease.