"I am dizzy", "My nose opened", "I have neuropression". Ή "I have climbed stairs / I have exercised and measuring my blood pressure I saw that it was high". Ή “I measured my blood pressure and it was 150/90, what to do;»
Many of these conversations are heard and said daily in homes or clinics and the common denominator is that the people who say them believe them.. That is, they believe that the cause of dizziness, nosebleeds etc. is hypertension something that seems to be confirmed by their sphygmomanometer. But it is so; Is, that is,, is high blood pressure the cause of dizziness or is dizziness the cause of high blood pressure?; And we always have hypertension when our blood pressure rises;
"Hypertension is a condition in which the pressure inside the blood vessels is increased above normal limits., as a result the heart needs to exert more force to expel the blood. Hypertension is asymptomatic, that is, it does not give symptoms like those attributed to it above nor does it appear "to the naked eye". In order to be diagnosed, the pressure must be measured systematically and correctly ", points out Mr.. Athanasios Manolis, Director of the 2nd Cardiology Clinic at the Metropolitan Hospital, Head of Hypertension Clinic Healthspot Glyfada and Metropolitan Hospital, Member of the Board of Directors of the European Hypertension Society since 2003, Professor at the Department of Hypertension, Boston University, and a member of the writing of the hypertension instructions of the European Hypertension Society by 2007 until today.
How to properly measure blood pressure
There are specific guidelines for the proper measurement of blood pressure, which should be followed carefully in order to determine whether one has high blood pressure or not. These instructions are as follows:
The person being examined should:
-Be seated at least for 5 minutes
-Be relaxed, calm and pleasant environment
-Do not drink coffee and smoke for the previous half hour
-Resting his hand on a fixed point.
They will often need to be done 2 to 3 measurements and the first time to measure the pressure in both hands. If we measure our blood pressure at home, we must do 3 measurements. We do not hold the first measurement and calculate our pressure as the average of the second and third measurement. A common mistake, that many people do, is that they measure their blood pressure when they are irritable or have a headache, consequently the measurement does not correspond to their real situation, after, in these cases the pressure is temporarily increased.
Why hypertension is considered so dangerous;
Today it is estimated that in our country the 25-30% of the population has hypertension. Hypertension can cause damage to many organs of our body and especially the heart, in the brain, in the kidneys and blood vessels. Each year 20.000.000 people die from cardiovascular disease, with hypertension being more responsible than any other cause for these deaths.
Specifically, hypertension is responsible for:
The 67% of heart attacks
The 77% of strokes
The 74% of heart failure
Kidney failure, as it is its second cause.
In addition, hypertension:
It is the most common cause of medical visits
It is an important factor in the deterioration of brain function and Alzheimer's disease
Due to its complications, consumes a large percentage of the funds directed to the field of health. It is estimated that in the US the cost of its complications exceeds 100 billion $ annually.
The treatment of hypertension in Greece
Hypertension is treated by regulating it which can only be hygienic and / or pharmaceutical. Our country is at one of the highest levels in terms of hypertension. To be precise, it is the No. 2 country in Europe in the study of hypertension and at the same level as the advanced European countries in terms of its regulation.. Two Greek Professors have been elected Presidents of the American Society of Hypertension, and a President of the European. The 2014 The World Hypertension Conference was organized in Athens with 6.500 doctors from 87 Countries, and 2022 The Pan-European Hypertension Conference will be held in Greece. There are very good clinics for hypertension in all public hospitals and, In addition, There is also the special office of Metropolitan Hospital which is the first in Greece special office in a private hospital that has been certified as a Center of Excellence (Center of Excellence of the European Society of Hypertension) in hypertension, while a corresponding special office operates at Healthspot Glyfada.
Despite the effectiveness of clinics and treatments, however, it is estimated that the 40% of hypertensive patients are undiagnosed, while of those receiving treatment only the 40% has adjusted its pressure. This means that a great deal of improvement is in the field of diagnosis, and proper treatment of blood pressure.-
Source: iefimerida.gr
