Post by masders on Feb 14, 2024 22:42:31 GMT -8
A billion people in the world have a problem with high blood pressure, while expectations are that this number will increase by 50% by 2025. The data show that only one third are treated, while only 30% of the treated persons have regulated blood pressure. In addition to the large number of people diagnosed with high blood pressure, it is worrying that there are many people who do not know they have high blood pressure. Therefore, this is where his synonym "silent killer" comes from. On the occasion of the world day for the fight against high blood pressure, May 17, we talked with Dr. Daniela Projevska, cardiologist from "Acibadem Sistina".
Frequent headaches, tachycardia, tremors - the most common symptoms There is no sign to detect blood pressure. It is usually a combination of several symptoms, Iraq Email List which can appear in several other diseases, so patients are not immediately directed to the right place. "Very often one of the first and most well-known signs are frequent headaches, in certain parts of the head and neck, a numb neck, which can last for several days and is not relieved by standard analgesics. "Some patients feel tachycardia, some chest discomfort, hand tremors, loss of strength, insomnia," said Dr. Projevska. Fast lifestyle, canned and salty or high-energy fast food, low physical activity are the main reasons for changing the age limit. "In people aged 50-60 years. it is normal to expect changes and increases in blood pressure, but today 40% of patients are under 60 years old, or 20-25% of patients are aged 30-45 years, the most affected are men.
Unfortunately, more and more new patients with cardiovascular problems come to our offices. The lowering of the age limit is due to the fast lifestyle and inactivity, always explaining that "we don't have activity and we don't have time", says Dr. Daniela Projevska, cardiologist. Hypertension causes consequences on the heart A series of organ damage and a series of damage to organ systems are associated with untreated high blood pressure. First, the heart is damaged, which can be manifested by the fear that everyone has, ie. it is about heart attack or sudden cardiac death. Examining it in the long term, after many years of untreated high blood pressure causes thickening and then expansion in some parts of the heart, weakness of the heart or disorders in the heart rhythm, diseases of the blood vessels of the brain with the appearance of strokes in the form of bleeding or infarctions, at the peripheral level, disease of the arteries of the legs, damage to the blood vessels of the kidneys or eyes until the last stage of the damage and the reduction of cognitive abilities.
Frequent headaches, tachycardia, tremors - the most common symptoms There is no sign to detect blood pressure. It is usually a combination of several symptoms, Iraq Email List which can appear in several other diseases, so patients are not immediately directed to the right place. "Very often one of the first and most well-known signs are frequent headaches, in certain parts of the head and neck, a numb neck, which can last for several days and is not relieved by standard analgesics. "Some patients feel tachycardia, some chest discomfort, hand tremors, loss of strength, insomnia," said Dr. Projevska. Fast lifestyle, canned and salty or high-energy fast food, low physical activity are the main reasons for changing the age limit. "In people aged 50-60 years. it is normal to expect changes and increases in blood pressure, but today 40% of patients are under 60 years old, or 20-25% of patients are aged 30-45 years, the most affected are men.
Unfortunately, more and more new patients with cardiovascular problems come to our offices. The lowering of the age limit is due to the fast lifestyle and inactivity, always explaining that "we don't have activity and we don't have time", says Dr. Daniela Projevska, cardiologist. Hypertension causes consequences on the heart A series of organ damage and a series of damage to organ systems are associated with untreated high blood pressure. First, the heart is damaged, which can be manifested by the fear that everyone has, ie. it is about heart attack or sudden cardiac death. Examining it in the long term, after many years of untreated high blood pressure causes thickening and then expansion in some parts of the heart, weakness of the heart or disorders in the heart rhythm, diseases of the blood vessels of the brain with the appearance of strokes in the form of bleeding or infarctions, at the peripheral level, disease of the arteries of the legs, damage to the blood vessels of the kidneys or eyes until the last stage of the damage and the reduction of cognitive abilities.