Look After Your Body.
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Hypertension evolves from two root words; Hyper meaning High and Tension meaning Pressure. Hypertension simply means high blood pressure. Pressure is the force generated when the heart contracts and pumps blood through the blood vessels that carry the blood to all of the parts of the body. Although hypertension does not mean or result from excessive emotional tension, evidence does show that stress and emotional tension can cause increase in blood pressure, and if continuous, could bemaintained. High blood pressure is therefore generally defined as a blood pressure exceeding 140/90mmHg confirmed on repeated occasions. The top number (140) is called the SYSTOLIC PRESSURE, and it records the pressure in the blood vessels (arteries) as the heart contracts and pumps blood into the circulation. The bottom number (90) is called DIASTOLIC PRESSURE, and it represents the pressure in the blood vessels as the heart is at rest after contraction. These figureswhich are measured in millimeters of Mercury (mmHg) reflect the highest and lowest pressures the heart and blood vessels are exposed to during circulation.The usually agreed normal value for blood pressure is 120/80mmHg. Above this value but lower than 140/90mmHg is not considered to be hypertensive at the moment but signals danger, it is therefore called high normal.
A raising of the blood pressure (Hypertension) does increase the risk of developing Heart (Cardiac) diseases such as Heart Failure and Heart attack, Kidney diseases, Vascular diseases like athelosclerosis (hardening and narrowing of blood vessels), Eye damage and Stroke (brain damage). These developments known as End organ damage follow as a result of long standing (chronic) hypertension. But victims of hypertension areunaware, at an early stage, that they have the disease, until these problems start appearing. This is because hypertension shows virtually no symptoms at the early stage. For this reason, it is usually referred to as the ‘Silent Killer’.
The damage occasioned by hypertension grows in seriousness as the blood pressure increases.Founded on this hypertension can be classified as follows:
CATEGORY SYSTOLIC(mmHg) DIASTOLIC(mmHg) Normal Less than 130 Less than 85, High Normal 130 - 139 85 – 89, Mild Hypertension 140 - 159 90 – 99, Moderate Hypertension 160 - 179 100 – 109, Severe Hypertension 180 - 209 110 – 119, Obdurate Hypertension Greater than 210 Greater than 120
BORDERLINE HYPERTENSION.
Borderline Hypertension is defined as moderately elevated blood pressure that is found to be higher than 140/90mmHg at some times and lower than that at other times.
Patients with borderline value need to have their blood pressure observed more frequently. They also need to be reminded of end organ damage to be conscious of the risks of their hypertension.
It should, always be emphasized that persons with borderline hypertension have an increased tendency to develop a more sustained hypertension as they get older. They stand a slight risk of having heart related diseases. A close monitoring of their blood pressure and lifestyles can be very significant in this regard. A balanced diet and regular exercise are recommended. Exercise at your own pace with a running treadmill Check out the reviews at running treadmill