Hypertension: The Silent Killer

High blood pressure, often referred to as silent killer, today attacks approximately 75 million adults in the United States and is a major risk factor for stroke, myocardial infarction, vascular disease, and chronic kidney disease (1). Hypertension is a chronic condition that is defined as an increase in pressure in the arteries of the body. If not detected, this asymptomatic disorder quietly destroys blood vessels in various parts of the body including the heart, brain, and kidney (3). The history of hypertension can be traced back to the beginning of 2600 BC. Ancient Chinese people can only detect hypertension by the quality of human pulses and are often referred to as "hypertension".

Since hypertension is an important predisposition to coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure and chronic kidney disease it should be named "silent killer" (hypertension - "silent killer." Public health college briefing. Royal Medical School in the UK University). The goal of treating hypertension is to reduce the risk of cardiovascular and kidney complications. All treatments start with changing the patient's lifestyle. For prevention and treatment, it is essential to take a healthy lifestyle with diet, exercise, alcohol management, smoking cessation and so on. The Latin proverb explains precisely this prevention and treatment. It says Optima medicina temperantia est; this means that relaxation is the best medicine (Post details: Latin slang about medicine: doctor, (<http: //latin.bestmoodle.net.index .php / proverbia) / 2006/06/20 / proverbia_about_doctors>)

In the medical community, hypertension - or hypertension - is often referred to as "silent killer". It is usually the first time that someone discovered hypertension after a heart attack or stroke. To support the World Hypertension Day, Christie Norris examines how research can better detect high blood pressure and help prevent subsequent cardiovascular disease progression. Blood pressure contains two numbers, usually superimposed on each other. The highest numerical value is the pressure in the blood vessel (systolic blood pressure) when the heart pushes blood around the body by pulsating or contracting. The second is the pressure between heartbeats when the heart is relaxed (diastole)