Blood pressure jumps - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Spikes in blood pressure, can lead to very unpleasant symptoms, make work, study, childcare difficult, and can be a very serious threat to the patient's health and life. If they occur with increasing...
Professional drivers' heart age 10 years higher than metric
In connection with the ongoing holidays throughout Poland, checks on the technical condition of vehicles, the sobriety of drivers and their working time were held in Warsaw on 11 July. During the...
Medication in hypertension - why take it regularly?
Treatment for hypertension is usually planned for an indefinite period of time and is carried out throughout life. The type of blood pressure lowering medication and its dosage is determined by...
Hypertension - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, recommendations
Patients with hypertension should radically change their lifestyle in order to reduce the development of the disease as much as possible.
Hypertension - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, course
Hypertension is one of the most common cardiovascular diseases, defined as a blood pressure equal to or higher than 140/90 mm Hg (average values from at least 2 measurements at each visit to the...
Hypertension
Hypertension is one of the most prevalent diseases worldwide. It is the most common cause of death among adults.
Hypertension in children and adolescents - diagnosis and further management
When, during three consecutive visits, we find elevated blood pressure values in our patient, we diagnose him (depending on the values) with pre-hypertension or hypertension. How do we proceed?
Hypertension in children and adolescents - pharmacological treatment
For the majority of children and adolescents, lifestyle modification in terms of dietary changes and increased physical activity is used to treat hypertension. However, this does not apply to...
Hypertension in children and adolescents - introduction and blood pressure measurement
As is well known, elevated blood pressure in adults is a risk factor for the development of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Hypertension in adults is usually primary. It is important to...
Body weight in infancy and obesity, hypertension and arterial wall thickness in later childhood
In the study presented by the authors, 395 children born at term without the burden of diabetes were analysed. Body weight was measured, and weight-for-height was calculated to avoid differences, and...
Hypertension accelerates the development of dementia
High blood pressure values in people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) promote faster development of dementia, according to a recent study.
Hypertension and smoking are risk factors for stroke
Hypertension and cigarette smoking are risk factors for stroke. The aim of the study published, by Hashimoto, in the American Journal of Hypertension was to investigate whether blood pressure levels...
'Venus' report: impact of hypertension treatment on sexual dysfunction in women
Many chronic diseases cause sexual dysfunction as a result of complications, the additional stress created by the chronic disease, or the treatment used. Hypertension is also in this group. In 2010,...
