blood pressure
It is the measurement of the rate of the systolic heartbeat and the rate of the diastolic heartbeat. This level should remain within the normal range of blood pressure. The normal systolic pulse is 120/90 and the normal diastolic pulse is 90/60. All people must constantly monitor their blood pressure so that the person does not become infected or enter into several chronic diseases that endanger his life. Many people suffer from high blood pressure. Failure to monitor and measure blood pressure constantly may expose the person or increase the risk of chronic diseases, such as a stroke or a heart attack.
Blood pressure is high when it is above normal, when the systolic pulse rate is more than 160, and also when the diastolic pulse rate is more than 100, in which case the person is suffering from high blood pressure from the normal level, in which case the person must be treated Immediately, it must be transported to the hospital until the process of lowering the high pressure is done and make it centered around the normal level.
Symptoms of hypertension
- Headache severe.
- Vomiting and nausea.
- Feeling dizzy.
- A vision that is unclear or confused.
- There is a buzz in the ear.
- High heart rate is normal.
Causes of high blood pressure
- Aging: The risk of high blood pressure increases with age; women are more likely to develop high blood pressure after menopause.
- Obesity: Obesity leads to high blood pressure. A person who is obese needs more blood than a weak person to deliver blood and nutrients to all organs and organs. When blood vessels are increased, pressure increases on the walls of the arteries and veins. Bloody.
- Family history: Most of the causes of high blood pressure are transmission of the disease through genetics.
- Smoking: All harmful chemical and other substances in the smoke act to damage the walls of the blood vessels, thus increasing the blood pressure of the smoker.
- Eat salt-containing foods: The salt in the food keeps liquids in the body, which causes blood pressure to rise above normal levels.
- Anxiety and tension.
- Alcohol consumption.
- Some diseases, such as the presence of different diseases in the kidney, dysfunction in the adrenal gland, and heart problems.
- Some medicines: such as contraceptive pills, decongestants, cough medicines and colds.