Arterial hypertension
What is it?
What are your causes?
How do you make the diagnostic?
The only way to detect hypertension is its measurement. Many people have high blood pressure for years without knowing it. There are two measures: systolic blood pressure (SBP) or maximum and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) or minimum. High blood pressure (hypertension) is considered when said maximum measurement is greater than or equal to 140 and the minimum is 90.
How is the treatment?
Hypertension, in most cases, can not be cured but can be controlled. To achieve this, a regular treatment for life must be followed to lower the pressure and keep it stable. The medication is only part of that treatment. The doctor also recommends, if necessary, a healthy diet to lose weight, not abuse the consumption of salt and alcohol and the importance of regular physical activity.
Advice for the person with hypertension:
• Reduce body weight if you are overweight.
• Reduce your salt intake to 4-6 grams a day.
• Reduce the intake of alcohol, which in women should be less than 140 grams a week and in men, less than 210 grams.
• Perform physical activity such as walking, running moderately, swimming or riding a bicycle, from 30 to 45 minutes, a minimum of 3 times per week.
• Reduce coffee consumption.
• Eat foods rich in potassium such as vegetables, fruits and vegetables.
• Give up the habit of smoking.
• Follow a healthy diet rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids (fish, corn, soy, sunflower, pumpkin and walnuts) and low in saturated fats (potato chips, pastry products and beef fat).
If you are hypertensive go to or call an emergency service in case of:
• Very intense and sudden headache.
• Difficulty speaking and lifting an arm or facial paralysis.
• Dizziness or vertigo.
• Blurry vision.
• Chest pain or shortness of breath.
This is the source of the information placed in this publication
As you could read is important to worry about our diet, check the amount of physical activity we do daily according to what we consume, the control of: stress, anger, anger, etc, and other causes that we face every day, which puts us at risk of suffering from this disease even more in times so difficult and overwhelming that we are all exposed today.
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