| Stroke, heart attack and kidney failure - these | | | | A rapid intervention in case of hypertension |
| are only three of the possible consequences of | | | | requires a record of the blood pressure readings, |
| hypertension, in case it remains untreated. It is a | | | | in case one reading indicated more than 140/90 |
| disease that severely damages more than one | | | | mm Hg, a quick lowering involves change in the |
| internal organ. This is why high blood pressure | | | | person's lifestyle, but also adequate medication. |
| should be diagnosed and treated as soon as | | | | The borderline of the diastolic pressure, 90 mm |
| possible after its apparition. Earlier it is discovered, | | | | Hg, but people whose regular diastolic pressure is |
| more effectively its treatment will be. The first | | | | 85 mm Hg require a increased aggressiveness of |
| step is the changing of an inappropriate or | | | | the treatment to obtain a prompt lowering of the |
| unhealthy lifestyle, in order to rapidly decrease | | | | pressure. Sometimes, when the borderline is |
| blood pressure. This change should be made as | | | | reached, an end-organ is damaged, which that, |
| soon as possible by every hypertensive person, | | | | doubled by systolic hypertension, often produces |
| also because medicines proved only efficiency, not | | | | or increases the risk of cardiovascular problems. |
| rapidity. | | | | The most at risk are hypertensives at or after |
| The success of the treatment in most of the | | | | the age of 65 specially those who smoke and |
| cases is in great measure, due to the fact that | | | | have hyperlipimia or diabetics. Except for |
| the public opinion was very well informed on this | | | | alpha-blockers, any of the categories of medicines |
| matter, and the potential risks of this affection. | | | | can be a start in order to decrease blood |
| More and more screening programs that identify | | | | pressure properly. Alpha-blockers are not |
| hypertension in the incipient phase are | | | | recommended because they are usually |
| commercialized and the publicity around them was | | | | administered in combination and only in prompt |
| huge. This is an extremely good thing because | | | | situations. Anti-hypertensive drugs have prompt |
| almost every condition that accompanies or | | | | reaction, disregard less of the stage of |
| follows hypertension occurs much later than the | | | | hypertension; in case the hypertensive person has |
| first one or its signs. | | | | also another disease, a combination of medicine |
| The readings of the blood pressure should be | | | | represents the best treatment scheme, in order |
| recorded, so that a prompt treatment may be | | | | to deal with high blood pressure and |
| provided. | | | | simultaneously control or cure the other disease. |