subject: Hypertension - Basic Know How [print this page] High blood pressure is also called as hypertension. In case of hypertension a person's blood pressure is considered to be above normal in the arteries.
In primary hypertension the reason for excess blood pressure in not known. There are two types of hypertension called primary and secondary hypertension.
In case of chronic hypertension then it may lead to problems like heart attack and stroke. There is some cause for secondary high blood pressure. Major organs like kidney and heart are affected by this type.
Medicines do help in someway to reduce the impact of hypertension. But changing the way a person eat and the way he lives can help to get rid of hypertension.
Kinds of Hypertension
When there is a expansion in heart diastolic pressure is recorded. And when again the heart contracts systole pressure is recorded. Systole and diastolic blood pressures determines the high blood pressure.
A person is said to have high blood pressure when both the systolic and diastolic numbers are higher than the normal numbers.
After this the condition is again classified as hypertension1 , hypertension2 and finally isolated hypertension. In case when the readings of systolic blood pressure is higher and the readings of diastolic blood pressure is lower then that is considered to be isolated systolic hypertension.
old people are affected by this kind of isolated systolic hypertension. Some may have hypertension along with kidney problem and diabetes. Such person's are need to be treated with utmost care.
This kind of hypertension is called resistive type. In some situations the high blood pressure will not react to any kind of treatment.
Exercise Hypertension
Normally when an individual exercise the blood pressure increases. But sometime it increases dangerously and this kind is called exercise hypertension.
Physicians use exercise hypertension to monitor the patient and decide if they can have high blood pressure when they are at rest.
Symptoms of high blood pressure
Brian swells when the small blood vessels are squeezed, this happens due to high blood pressure. In case an individual is having some giddiness, vision problem and vomiting sensation then this person might have high blood pressure. These early symptoms should be treated earlier, if not then it is irreversible.
In case of kids, the symptoms can be lack of energy, headache, uneasy breathing, paralysis in face and nosal bleeding.
Secondary hypertension:
Blood pressure can also be increased by abnormal hormone secretion. This also a major cause of high blood pressure.
When a person has both diabetes and high blood pressure then it is also called as cushing's syndrome. Cushing's syndrome is when a person is too fat and has some purple patches in the lower part of the stomach.
Abnormal secretion of hormone is called hyperthyroidism. This can also cause high blood pressure.
Along with these symptoms and other causes present in the individuals physicians conclude upon hypertension and then classify it.
Links between pregnancy and hypertension
Hypertension can normally be occurred to pregnant women. Hypertension during pregnancy is temporary. But sometimes this can bring dangerous side effects like swelling of whole body and traces of protein in urine.
