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High blood pressure is a cardiovascular risk factor, leading to atherosclerosis, atherosclerosis will lead to: myocardial ischemia causing chest pain, cerebral ischemia causing cerebrovascular accident.
Elevated blood pressure occurs when the blood pressure on the artery walls is higher than normal. According to the guidelines for hypertension treatment of the Ministry of Health in 2010, elevated blood pressure is defined as when systolic blood pressure is > 140 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure is >= 90 mmHg. High blood pressure for a long time will affect the vessel wall, until the blood vessel is blocked, it will cause complications on the heart or brain, if not treated promptly, it will be life-threatening. Therefore, early detection of symptoms of high blood pressure or hypertension and tachycardia is very important.
High blood pressure is the leading cause of heart attack, stroke, and even death for patients, but this disease has almost no signs of recognition. That's why high blood pressure is also known as the "silent killer". The only way to know if you have high blood pressure is through regular blood pressure checks.
If blood pressure is high, there are some signs of high blood pressure that you need to pay attention to:
Signs of high blood pressure affecting the heart:
Chest pain; High blood pressure, rapid heart rate. Expression of high blood pressure affects the brain with ischemic symptoms such as:
Headache; Blood in the eye or conjunctival hemorrhage; Numbness or tingling of the extremities; Nausea and vomiting; Dizziness and dizziness; Vestibular disorders . In addition, there are cases of patients with no signs of high blood pressure or very severe pain. Because signs of high blood pressure are very poor, the best way to detect it is to have regular health checkups, patients need to go to the hospital to check blood pressure and health as soon as there are warning symptoms of high blood pressure. high as above, should not hesitate because you will miss the golden opportunity to treat the disease.
High blood pressure is a chronic disease, so it needs regular monitoring, daily and adequate treatment, and long-term monitoring. Besides the drug treatment according to the doctor's protocol, lifestyle changes are also the treatment measures applied to all patients with high blood pressure to prevent disease progression and complications; Monitoring can gradually reduce the amount of medication needed when blood pressure is well controlled.
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