High blood pressure or
hypertension has become a common disease for many people today, especially for
those who live in urban areas. High blood pressure or hypertension is a risk
factor for stroke, heart attack, and kidney failure. And the worst consequences
of this disease is death. Therefore, if you can, this disease should be
prevented. If you have high blood pressure, you can control this disease. How
to prevent and control high blood pressure or hypertension?
Blood Pressure
Before discussing about high
blood pressure or hypertension, you should know beforehand about blood
pressure. When you perform a physical examination or clinical examination to
the doctor, there is usually a special tool used by doctors to check blood pressure.
Tools to check blood pressure sphigmomanometer or also known as tensimeter.
There is a digital tensimeter and there is also tensimeter mercury that is
still commonly used for clinical examination.
Checking Blood Pressure
While checking blood pressure,
there are two numbers that are usually called, for example 120/80. What are
these numbers?
Systolic
The first number (120) is the
systolic blood pressure, is the pressure when the heart beats or beats
(systole). Often called the pressure on.
Diastolic
The second number (80) is the
diastolic blood pressure, is the pressure when the heart is at rest between the
time of pumping. Often referred under pressure.
Your doctor will do blood
pressure checks by having you sit or lie down, because it is the best position
to measure blood pressure. Then the doctor will usually bind the air bag on his
right arm on the arm unless there is an injury. After that, blood pressure
measurement. The difference between the systolic and diastolic pressures is
called pulse pressure.
What is blood pressure? Blood
pressure is the pressure experienced by the blood in the arteries when blood is
pumped by the heart to all members of the human body. Blood pressure created by
taking two measurements and usually there are two numbers that will be called
by the doctor. For example doctors call 140-90, then the meaning is 140/90
mmHg. The first number (140) shows the upward pressure due to pulsation of the
arteries when the heart or the heart beat or beats, and is called the systolic
pressure or pressure is often called upon. The second number (90) shows the
pressure when the heart is resting between pumping, and is called the diastolic
pressure, or often called under pressure.
After knowing the blood pressure,
you definitely want to know whether your blood pressure is low, normal or high.
The following blood pressure classification based on number of measurement
results with tensimeter for systolic and diastolic pressure:
Systolic blood pressure (the
first number) Diastolic (the second number)
Low blood or
hypotension Under 90 Under 60
Normal 90-120 60-80
Pre-hypertension
120-140 80-90
High blood pressure
or hypertension (stage 1) 140-160 90-100
High blood pressure
or hypertension (stage 2 / dangerous) Above 160 Above 100
Why
Blood Pressure Rises?
What causes blood pressure to
rise? As an illustration, if you're watering the garden with a hose. If you
press the end of the hose, the water that comes out will be faster. That's
because water pressure increases when the hose is pressed. Additionally, if you
zoom in tap water, the flow of water through the hose will be faster because of
increased water discharge.
The same thing happens with your
blood. If your blood vessels constrict, the blood pressure in the blood vessels
will increase. In addition, if the amount of blood flow increases, blood
pressure will also increase.
Causes of High Blood Pressure
There are several things that can
cause a person has high blood pressure. There are factors causing the high
blood pressure that you can not control. There is also that you can control so
that it can cope with high blood pressure. Some of these factors include:
1). Ancestry
This factor can not you control.
If someone has a parent or sibling who has high blood pressure, then it is
likely he suffered from high blood pressure is greater. Statistics show that
the problem of high blood pressure is higher in identical twins than identical
twins. A study shows that there is evidence derived genes for high blood
pressure problems.
2). Age
This factor can not you control.
Research shows that as people grow older, the blood pressure will increase. You
can not expect that your blood pressure when young will be the same when you
get older. But you can control so as not to pass through the upper limit of
normal.
3). Salt
These factors can you control.
Salt can increase blood pressure quickly in some people, especially for
diabetics, people with mild hypertension, people with old age, and those who
were black.
4). Cholesterol
These factors can you control.
Excess fat content in your blood, it can cause cholesterol deposits on the
walls of blood vessels. It can make blood vessels constrict and consequently
the blood pressure will rise. Control your cholesterol as early as possible.
For tips on controlling cholesterol, please see the following articles:
cholesterol.
5). Obesity / Overweight
These factors can you control.
People who weigh over 30 percent of ideal body weight, are more likely to
suffer from high blood pressure.
6). Stress
These factors can you control.
Stress and emotionally unstable conditions can also trigger high blood
pressure.
7). Cigarette
These factors can you control.
Smoking can also increase blood pressure becomes high. Smoking habits may
increase the risk of diabetes, heart attack and stroke. Therefore, smoking
habit which continued when having high blood pressure, is a very dangerous
combination that will trigger diseases related to heart and blood.
8). Caffeine
These factors can you control.
Caffeine is found in coffee, tea and cola drinks can lead to increased blood
pressure.
9). Alcohol
These factors can you control.
Excessive alcohol consumption also causes high blood pressure.
10). Less Sports
These factors can you control.
Lack of exercise and movement can cause the blood pressure in the body
increases. Regular exercise can lower your high blood pressure but do not do
heavy exercise if you suffer from high blood pressure.
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