Hypertension
A utor: Prof. Constantin Milica
High blood pressure is the most prevalent disease of mankind affecting approximately 20% of the adult population. Statistics show that this disease and its complications are more victims than cancer and accidents combined. In relation to the total population of the country is considered that the U.S. ranks first in the world, with the 45 million employees who suffer from hypertension, treatment of which is rated at around 900 dollars per year for each patient.
In Romania there are over 2 million of hypertensive tracked.
The disease consists of permanent or accidental increase pressure blood flow from left ventricle to the arterial and venous system. Normal blood pressure values are ranged between 13 cm column Hg (maximum) and 8 cm Hg (minimum), regardless of age. In people with Diabetes Mellitus normal values increased by 0.5 cm Hg. Over these values are considered high blood pressure installation in 3 steps:
- Moderate with values of 15-17 cm Hg when the heart muscles contract to pump blood (systolic pressure) and 9.10 cm Hg when the heart muscle is relaxed (diastolic pressure);
- Average values of 18-19 cm Hg (systolic) and 10,5-11,5 cm Hg (diastolic);
- Critical to values exceeding 20 cm Hg (systolic) and 12 cm Hg (diastolic).
In all these cases, blood is pumped with great effort and heart and blood vessels are strongly requested and gradually degraded.
The minimum value (diastolic) is due to resistance to expansion of peripheral arteries, is an accurate indication of the high installation, because shows that the heart has difficulty to relax even in the resting state.
The boundaries of each stage presents small variations depending on age, sex and body weight was slightly higher in men and in obese and older persons. It was established that hypertension may occur early in life. By the age of 30-40 years is high subacute, due to strained feelings, emotions and great physical and intellectual supraeforturi. At the age of 40-50 years is high oscillatory, with changes only in systolic pressure, if emotional states or to work. After the age of 55-60 years can install high set, with values always higher, due to the elasticity of the aorta and the installation of atherosclerosis.
Some people with normal blood may have symptoms of hypertension due to emotions arising when measuring blood in private practice, with higher values than those found at home. This is called "white coat hypertension in". It is therefore necessary to measure blood for 4-6 weeks, at different times of day and in different places.
In most cases, hypertension is a condition frequently asymptomatic without separate events. Therefore the disease is called the "silent killer". There are cases in which hypertension is manifested by headache, especially in the morning, raising the bed vertigo, ringing in the ears, nose bleed, the appearance of bright dots in your vision and feeling of numb fingers.
The main causes of illness are increasing blood flow, increasing peripheral vascular resistance due to vasoconstriction or obturarii vessels upon submission of cholesterol plaques. Add to these hereditary, congenital, endocrine, kidney, obesity and cellulite, excessive consumption of coffee, tea and tobacco, and even tense state of intense noise. It was decided that a noise of 70 decibels for one hour a day, can substantially increase blood pressure, causing palpitations and irregular heart strong (warning workers tinker).
The frequency of hypertension in people setting aggressive, impulsive and overweight children who reached maturity and will suffer from tension and other cardiovascular disorders.
A voltage corresponding untreated can be an important risk factor because evolves, often for aggravating disease, coronary atherosclerosis, ischemic heart disease, myocardial infarction, myocardial failure, stroke, arthritis, retinal bleeding, stenosis carotids, chronic renal failure, loss of speech and paresis (partial or total). Result in statistics that 50% of hypertensive patients suffering from ischemic cardiomyopathy and 20% died of cerebral infarction.
American magazine "Harvard Heart Letter" to conclude that hypertension may be due to many sexual problems, both men and women, due to the toxic effect of chemical drugs recommended for the lower voltage. These drugs diminish blood flow to the genitals and cause erectile dysfunction and delays of ejaculation in men, pain during intercourse and difficulty when orgasm in women.
Herbal treatments
For blood pressure medication is used during the preparations hypotensive, hypotonic, diuretics, colagoge, collar and painkillers. The main antihypertensive agents available in pharmacies, are of vegetable origin (Hiposerpil, Hipazin, Raunervil) having in their composition obtained from the plant Rauwolfia serpentina Reserpine.
Other treatments are made with infusions, tinctures used decocturi or long term, even for the rest of life, depending on patient status and course of the disease. The high efficiency of teas:
v hawthorn (flowers, leaves, fruit) to normalize blood pressure and heart rate;
v Chenopodium (herba) with sedative and hypotensive effects in regulating blood pressure and heart rate;
v hyssop (herba) with vasodilatory effects on the arterial system;
v saschiu (leaves) recommended in hypertension and coronary atherosclerosis;
v Sulfina yellow (flowers) to reduce blood through peripheral vessel dilation;
v rosemary (herba) for controlling hypertension, and some by water retention associated with biliary disease;
v Purse-Shepherd (herba) to normalize blood installed at menopause;
v Birch (leaves) in the hypotensive action by removing cholesterol deposited on the vessel wall;
v black currant (leaves, fruit) to prevent puseurile hypertensive heart failure and angina.
Some recipes include mistletoe as a remedy against hypertension and other heart disease but the presence of toxic substances cause certain restrictions on use, is given only in blends, with strictly controlled doses.
Mixtures of medicinal species, with the hypotensive action and toning heart, including the plants above, in certain doses, which can be added milfoil, horsetail, mint, lavender, sage, artichokes, valerian, arnica, Mace, thyme, hay and burdock, prepared in the form of infusions, macerated and liqueurs.
Apitherapy
I recommend a few preparations with good effect in normalizing blood: 30% tincture of propolis, royal jelly, pollen with royal jelly, honey with beetroot, soak in honey with propolis and garlic juice and honey myelitis bee with hawthorn buds, black poplar, black currant, acacia-Japanese, birch, peaches and apples.
Diet
To avoid hypertension and recovery to normal levels should be a strictly controlled diet, quantitatively and qualitatively, with calorie and nutrition desodata. First to recommend a long-term cure (2 months) with vegetable juices (each 50 ml of red beet juice, carrot, parsley, parsnip, tomato), with adausul a teaspoon of garlic juice, horseradish and lemon, in who drink 2-3 drinks a day.
If there are no contraindications for other unhealthy conditions, can consume daily, 2-3 cloves of garlic (30 minutes before meals) that favorably influence heart rate and contractions, having an important role vasodilator and hypotensive. Garlic can be used in various forms (infusion, decoction, tincture). Good effects were found to use an infusion of dried bean pod or decoction of roots and leaves of parsley.
Every morning on an empty stomach, drink lemonade made from a lemon juice, sweetened with sugar or honey. Another home recipe consists of chopping a lemon (including peel) which is mixed with yeast and 10 g was consumed divided into two days, each ½ of the amount prepared. All morning (before breakfast) and evening (before bed) will consume one tablespoon of olive oil, corn or sunflower, the dietary effect against hypertension, by dissolving blood cholesterol and serum lipids.
In more serious cases, tensions over 18-20 cm Hg, the diet provides weekly, sparing only one day of fruits and vegetables and to cure obese people is extended to 2-3 days a week.
In the remaining days of switching to a food with vegetables and fruits rich in vitamins and potassium salts that degrade cholesterol in the liver and in blood. In addition they can be eaten beef and poultry (boiled or boiled), over weak, skimmed milk, yoghurt, cheese, potatoes, bread without salt, vegetable oil, grains germinated, egg white, vegetable broth , crisp wafers, fruit (fresh, baked, stewed).
Prohibited foods are pork, and the gang rate, sausage, smoked meat, animal fats, fried foods, hunting, farming and salty fatty fish, offal, canned meat and fish, salted cheese, cheese, egg yolk, chili spices, pickles, confectionery, snacks, fruit oil (nuts, peanuts), coffee, tobacco, lime mineral water, carbonated and alcoholic beverages.
Conditions of life
Under permanent control of the family will avoid conflicts, demands nerve stresuri, anxiety, mental depression, sleepless nights. Also avoid excessive physical and intellectual efforts and sports performance. The sick do not expose to the sun for a long afternoon in the summer and will not climb to high altitude (mountains, or even by plane).
It requires a balanced program of work (within 6-8 hours daily), harmonized with the rest and sleep for 8-9 hours every night. Daily relaxation will be made by walking (about 5 km), unpolluted air, avoiding inactivity in bed or on television.
Free time will be held in a pleasant and relaxing depending concerns, (reading, music, theater, sports for pleasure), combined with the practice of light exercise (jogging, cycling, swimming) and patient tolerance of medical gymnastics.
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One can appreciate the serious effects of high blood pressure limit will be fully possible through close cooperation, therapeutic, between patients, physicians and family members.
June 7, 2008 
Tags: heart disease, hypertension Posted on: cardiovascular disease, arterial hypertension
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