Contents:
- Medical Video: High Blood Pressure | Hypertension | Nucleus Health
- Types of hypertension
- 1. Primary hypertension
- 2. Secondary hypertension
- How is hypertension diagnosed?
Medical Video: High Blood Pressure | Hypertension | Nucleus Health
Based on the causes of high blood pressure, also known as hypertension, it is grouped into two categories "primary" or "secondary." The type of primary hypertension does not have a clear cause. While secondary hypertension is usually caused by a history of the disease that you have. Knowing various types of hypertension can reduce your risk of developing this disease later on.
Types of hypertension
1. Primary hypertension
In many cases, most people with high blood pressure experience primary hypertension. This type of hypertension tends to appear gradually over the years. Experts suspect that genetic factors are one of the causes of primary hypertension.
Even so, some unhealthy lifestyle habits also contribute to primary hypertension. Some of these unhealthy habits include:
- Eating too many high-salt foods like packaged foods,fast food, junk food and so forth.
- Lack of physical activity, aka lazy motion.
- Excessive alcohol consumption.
- Obesity.
- Stees.
- Smoke.
Primary hypertension can be experienced by all ages. However, middle-aged adults tend to be more at risk of developing this type of hypertension.
Most people who have primary hypertension show no symptoms at all. Some people don't even know that they have symptoms of high blood pressure because often the symptoms of this disease look similar to other medical conditions.
Because high blood pressure is a hidden disease and difficult to detect, you need to check your blood pressure regularly if you are at risk of developing high blood pressure.
2. Secondary hypertension
On the other hand, a person can experience high blood pressure because it has one or several medical conditions. Yes, other medical conditions that have already attacked before can be a cause of high blood pressure. Increased blood pressure for this reason is called secondary hypertension.
This condition tends to appear suddenly and can cause high blood pressure to increase compared to primary hypertension. Not only the influence of certain medical conditions, the use of certain drugs can also contribute greatly to the cause of secondary hypertension.
Some conditions that can trigger this type of hypertension include:
- Adrenal gland disorders include Cushing's syndrome (a condition caused by excess cortisol production), hyperaldosteronism (too much aldosterone), and pheochromocytoma (a rare tumor that causes secretion of excess hormones such as adrenaline)
- Kidney disease includes polycystic kidney disease, kidney tumors, kidney failure, or narrowing and blockage of the main arteries that supply the kidneys.
- Take medications such as corticosteroids, NSAIDs, weight-loss drugs (such as phentermine), some cold and cough medicines, birth control pills, and migraine medications.
- Having sleep apnea, a condition that occurs when a person has a short pause in which he stops breathing during sleep. About half of patients with this condition have high blood pressure.
- Coarctation of the aorta, birth defects where the aorta narrows.
- Preeclampsia, a condition associated with pregnancy.
- Thyroid and parathyroid problems.
How is hypertension diagnosed?
Your blood pressure can be seen from two types of numbers. The number above is systolic blood pressure, which is the pressure in the blood vessels when your heart is beating. The number below is diastolic blood pressure, which is the pressure in the blood vessels when your heart is resting between each beat.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), you are diagnosed with hypertension if the systolic blood pressure (upper blood pressure) is equivalent to or above 140 mmHg and / or diastolic blood pressure (lower blood pressure) equivalent to or above the 90 mmHg number. In short, you are diagnosed with hypertension if you have blood pressure above 140 mmHG / 90 mmHG.
