In addition to being a silent disease, hypertension is a risk factor for serious health conditions. Find out how to prevent
High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a disease that attacks blood vessels and can compromise the functioning of several organs, such as the heart, brain and kidneys. In fact, without proper diagnosis and treatment, the condition can be fatal.
When measuring blood pressure, ideally the markers should be close to 120-80 mmHg. However, when the number is equal to or greater than 140 per 90 mmHg, the patient is considered to have high blood pressure.
And the big problem is that hypertension usually doesn’t cause major symptoms. According to Dr. Celso Amodeo, sleep cardiologist and hypertension specialist at Hcor, we call the disease the ‘silent enemy’ because it causes damage to the body without showing signs.
“According to the Ministry of Health, every year in Brazil there are approximately 300,000 deaths due to heart and brain diseases. Due to these conditions, we can certify that 80% of deaths are due to cerebrovascular accidents (CVA) and 60% to cardiac ones. The myocardial attacks were caused by high blood pressure”, reveals the cardiologist
9 tips to prevent high blood pressure
Thinking about the high risks, Dr. Amodeo teaches 9 ways to avoid developing hypertension. Watch:
- Maintain a healthy and balanced diet;
- Consume little salt;
- Do physical exercises;
- Not smoking;
- Reduce the intake of alcoholic beverages;
- Have good quality sleep;
- Use non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs only upon medical prescription;
- Avoid the contraceptive pill;
- Avoid nasal sprays with vasoconstrictors.
Diagnosis
But, even if you follow all these recommendations to the letter, it is still possible that, for some other reason, your body will develop high blood pressure. therefore, the queries Doctors and tests are essential to identify a possible problem early and increase the chances of reversing the situation.
“We have cases of nocturnal hypertension, during sleep, which also leads to an increased cardiovascular risk for patients, even when the waking blood pressure is within acceptable values. Due to the different causes of arterial hypertension, management is based on multiple drugs that act on different systems of the body”, concludes Dr. Amodeo.
Source: Terra
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