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Preventing Hypertension: Awareness About The Silent Killer On World Hypertension Day - Dr Vikas Chopra
World Hypertension DayMay 17th is marked as World Hypertension Day; dedicated to highlighting the significance of monitoring blood pressure and spreading global awareness about the life-threatening condition. Healthcare professionals and centres come forward to organise campaigns and understand activities that help people understand hypertension, its symptoms, causes and treatments. Regular health checkups can save us from a lot of trouble similarly if blood pressure is checked in time, it can track the condition and help with the required treatment.
Unhealthy lifestyle: The obstacle to preventing hypertension!
A sedentary lifestyle and an imbalanced routine have been the cause of many critical health conditions lately. People, often in the corporate world, are so passionate about achieving unachievable results that they skip the red flags their body sends. Excessive smoking, consuming alcohol, lack of physical activities, bad diet (that includes a lot of junk and no seasonal fruits & vegetables, dairy, whole grains, protein etc) are all part o an unhealthy lifestyle. Being hooked to the screen on our palms is another reason why we are not paying attention to our routine.Stage 1 & stage 2 hypertension: What is a hypertensive emergency?Stage 1 hypertension occurs when the top reading ranges from 130 to 139mm Hg or the bottom reading is 80 to 90 mmHg. Whereas, Stage 2 hypertension occurs when the top reading ranges from 140 mm Hg or higher or the bottom reading is 90 mmHg or higher. People with high blood pressure have face symptoms such as headaches, shortness of breath, and even nosebleeds.These are not specific to everyone and do not always occur unless the high blood pressure has reached a life-threatening level. An acute, marked elevation in the blood pressure linked with signs of target-organ damage is a hypertensive emergency. The patient in such a condition must receive emergency medical help with blood pressure numbers higher than 180/120 mm Hg. Hypertensive emergency comprises cardiac ischemia, pulmonary oedema, acute renal failure, eclampsia, aortic dissection, and neurologic deficits. How to prevent hypertension? Who needs frequent checkups?If not treated in time, hypertension can not only lead to heart attack but many other severe health issues. It is not compulsory that not people with underlying conditions or a history of hypertension in the family should only go for checkups.
Anyone starting at the age of 18 must get their blood pressure checked at least once in two years. Further, it can be as per the doctor’s recommendation. Some people might need more frequent checkups with medications to track and treat hypertension.Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are of the author and not of Medical Dialogues. The Editorial/Content team of Medical Dialogues has not contributed to the writing/editing/packaging of this article.
Stage 1 & stage 2 hypertension: What is a hypertensive emergency?Stage 1 hypertension occurs when the top reading ranges from 130 to 139mm Hg or the bottom reading is 80 to 90 mmHg. Whereas, Stage 2 hypertension occurs when the top reading ranges from 140 mm Hg or higher or the bottom reading is 90 mmHg or higher. People with high blood pressure have face symptoms such as headaches, shortness of breath, and even nosebleeds.These are not specific to everyone and do not always occur unless the high blood pressure has reached a life-threatening level. An acute, marked elevation in the blood pressure linked with signs of target-organ damage is a hypertensive emergency. The patient in such a condition must receive emergency medical help with blood pressure numbers higher than 180/120 mm Hg. Hypertensive emergency comprises cardiac ischemia, pulmonary oedema, acute renal failure, eclampsia, aortic dissection, and neurologic deficits. How to prevent hypertension? Who needs frequent checkups?If not treated in time, hypertension can not only lead to heart attack but many other severe health issues. It is not compulsory that not people with underlying conditions or a history of hypertension in the family should only go for checkups.
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are of the author and not of Medical Dialogues. The Editorial/Content team of Medical Dialogues has not contributed to the writing/editing/packaging of this article.
Dr Vikas Chopra MBBS, MD Medicine (PGI-Chandigarh), DM Cardiology (AIIMS) FSCAI (USA) is an Interventional Cardiologist at Primus Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi. He has over 23 years of experience in the field of Cardiology. He specialises in 2D & 3D Echocardiography, Transesophageal Echocardiogram (TEE), Tread Mil Test (TMT), Stress Echocardiography, and Holter Monitoring. He is a member of numerous Cardiology organizations and has large volumes of research to his name which he has presented at various national and international conferences and journals.