Hypertension is a medical condition in which an increase in chronic blood pressure. Hypertension is a risk factor or the cause for stroke, heart attack, heart failure and aneurism arterial, and is a major cause of chronic heart failure.
Classification
Classification blood pressure in adults:
Category Systolic Blood Pressure Blood Pressure Diastolic
Normal <120 mmHg (and) <80 mmHg
Pre-hypertension 120-139 mmHg (or) 80-89 mmHg
Sporting 1
140-159 mmHg (or) 90-99 mmHg
Stadium 2
> = 160 mmHg (or)> = 100 mmHg
Symptoms
If the hypertension weight can arise following symptoms:
• headache
• fatigue
• nausea
• vomiting
• shortness of breath
• restlessness
• blur the view that occur because of damage to the brain, eyes, heart and kidney.
The causes of hypertension:
1. Hypertension is essential hypertension, not yet know the cause (there are at less than 90% of all hypertension).
2. Hypertension is secondary hypertension caused / as a result of the existence of other diseases.
Primary hypertension may have many causes; some changes in the heart and blood vessels can cause increased blood pressure.
The occurrence of secondary causes of hypertension:
1. Kidney disease, stenosis arteries renalispielonefritis, glomerulonefritis, tumors, kidney tumors, kidney disease polikista, trauma in renal (kidney on the wound), Special lighting on the kidney.
2. Hormonal aberration, hiperaldosteronisme, cushingfeokromositoma syndrome,
3. The drugs, Pill Corticosteroid, siklosporin, eritropoietin, cocaine, alcohol abuse, Cinnamon (in the number of very large).
4. The other causes, koartasio aortapreeklamsi in pregnancy, porfiria intermiten, reciprocal acute.
