Important Information
*
Hypertension was more common in Negroes and the intensity and the rate of infection among black Americans and white 1:4, was also noted that a rise in blood pressure also increases when the West Indians.
*
Higher blood pressure in most societies and races with age.
*
High blood pressure is more common in men than women in young adulthood either when aging becomes more common in women (after menopause).
*
Been discovered and reliable way to measure blood pressure in 1905, and in 1950 discovered the most effective medications to treat high blood pressure.
Types of high blood pressure
There are two main types of high blood pressure:
1.
The first type of primary or elementary Essential Hypertension is the most widespread and common in the world as he does not know a specific reason to type that occurs we will address it in some detail.
2.
The second subtype Secondary Hypertension This type occurs because it leads to a rise in blood pressure such as kidney disease or diseases of the aorta or some endocrine glands in the body, and therefore the treatment of these diseases is accompanied by the descent of the patient's blood pressure and these cases do not exceed 1% of cases high blood pressure.
What are the causes of high blood pressure Statute?
As mentioned earlier, the real reason is unknown at high pressure in patients, but there are key factors play an important role in making the patient more vulnerable to this disease from other people, including:
*
Genetics
*
Studies have shown that in case of an injury, with one parent with high blood pressure, the likelihood of injury to the children of this disease is 25% if both parents are affected by this illness, the percentage of infected children the disease is 90%.
*
Excessive intake of salt
*
It was noted that people who eat large quantities of salt, such as Japanese and South Korea's population, including the disease is common, where they ate salted fish and corned beef in large quantities, and vice versa, some regions in Japan, which tends to deal with people a little salt in the food, the exposure to the disease pressure blood less.
*
Overweight
We have also observed that the risk of blood pressure in an obese person is more than in the average person, also noted that the lowering of weight loss in obese patients with blood pressure, improve their condition to varying degrees.
*
Tension and frustration and anxiety
The personality of the individual plays an important role in the viability of injury a person with high blood pressure as the person's response to tension, anxiety and frustration causes of high blood pressure that the human body in these cases produces a adrenaline that raise blood pressure.
*
Age and sex
The elderly are more vulnerable to this disease of young people may be the reason for this is that an older person's arteries are rigid, leading to a rise in systolic blood pressure in particular, can be said that the injury in women was higher in men.
*
Addiction to alcohol or smoking
It is established that alcohol in large quantities causes high blood pressure, smoking is a major cause of some heart diseases such as atherosclerosis, stroke, high blood pressure and increased heart rate.
*
Pill
The pill contains the hormones estrogen and progesterone, both cause high blood pressure, so doctors recommend women using the pill check their blood pressure every six months, especially if they are smokers.
0 commentaires