Hypertension
Normal blood pressure is between 115/75 and 120/80 mm Hg, and is called pre-hypertension when systolic pressure is between 120 and 139 mm Hg or when diastolic blood pressure is between 80 and 89 mm Hg, Systolic blood pressure is between 140 and 159 mmHg or when the diastolic blood pressure ranges between 90 and 99 mmHg, while high blood pressure is known when systolic blood pressure is between 160 mmHg or more or when diastolic blood pressure is 100 mmHg or more , And in this article we will show you on the symptoms of pressure.
What are the symptoms of pressure
- Feeling dizzy.
- Sudden nasal bleeding.
- Acute headache, feeling heavy.
- Fatigue and general fatigue.
- Feeling of heartbeat.
- Feeling pressure on the chest area.
- Blurred vision.
- A small stroke.
- Nausea and vomiting.
- Feeling tense, unstable, and thinking hard.
- Tinnitus in the ears permanently or intermittently.
- Many body twitching muscles.
- Idle in the body, and difficulty in controlling it.
- breathing difficulties.
- Acute urinary tract infection, burning sensation during urination, in addition to urine color change.
- Swelling of limbs, especially the lower extremities.
Causes of high blood pressure
- Take some types of medications, such as birth control pills, anti-inflammatory drugs, and painkillers.
- Eat a large amount of salty foods.
- Smoking, because it contains nicotine that affects the blood vessels, where it leads to atherosclerosis, high blood pressure.
- Fatigue, where the body contributes to the release of stress hormones that work on the heart and blood vessels to contract.
- Acute pain resulting from accidents, and others.
- Kidney problems, adrenal gland, and thyroid.
- Some blood vessel defects.
- Sleep Apnea.
- Obesity.
- Lack of exercise.
- Overuse of alcohol.
- Aging.
- Genetic factor.
Types of blood pressure
- Primary hypertension: Is an unknown cause, usually affects men more than women.
- Secondary hypertension: The result is one of the reasons listed above.
Complications of hypertension
- Damage to blood vessels and some organs of the body.
- Heart attack.
- Myocardial failure.
- Narrowing the blood vessels in the kidneys.
- Rupture of blood vessels in the eyes.
- Metabolic metabolic syndrome, due to high triglyceride triglycerides, and low low density lipoprotein.
- Problems in memory or perception.
Treatment of blood pressure
- Treatment of underlying cause that led to high blood pressure.
- Take diuretics, and medicines for stress.
- Reduce weight.
- Regular exercise.
- Non-smoking.
- Eat healthy foods with low salt.