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The world today is
suffering from a growing menace of hypertension. According to the
researchers, between 25 and 33 percent of the population is very
serious about this disease and they get their blood pressure level
checked on regular basis.
Generally when a person is identified
with hypertension, his family doctor prefers suggesting him to bring
few changes in his lifestyle instead of prescribing medication right
away. In another case, if the hypertension is not mild then the
patient may be told to take more than one medicine in order to avoid
any serious problem.
One can find a wide range of medicines
available in the market, but ACE inhibitors are the most preferred
antihypertensive drugs, which help by stopping the production of
angiotensin II that, in turn, helps in avoiding the contraction of
blood vessels. Daily dose of ACE inhibitors becomes necessary for few
high blood pressure patients.
For a smother functioning of heart,
physicians sometimes prescribe calcium channel blockers, which is a
substitute to ACE inhibitors. By opening up the blood vessels,
calcium channel blockers help in avoiding the contraction of these
vessels. Being aware of these medicines does not mean that you start
choosing on your own. It is only your physician who can prescribe a
medicine for you.
The medication for hypertension is
prescribed considering many factors like age and pregnancy and can be
on temporary or permanent basis. No doubt this disease can normally
be seen in either people at older age or in case of pregnant ladies,
but the medication becomes a lifetime necessity for the old.
Pregnant ladies are
generally the sufferer of hypertension and the worst part is that the
physicians normally avoid any type of medication during that period
so as not to effect the unborn child. It is generally seen that once
the pregnancy period is over, the blood pressure level automatically
comes down to the normal.
As I have said earlier, the blood
pressure level normally comes to normal after the delivery. But in
case it does not, it could be life threatening, and may cause heart
attacks, strokes, damaged kidneys, spoiled eyes, and may sometimes
lead to renal failure as well, which may require dialysis and
transplants.
The main function of kidneys is to
clean and excrete the additional liquid and waste from the blood, for
which the proper functioning of the blood vessels is very important.
And the functioning of the blood vessels gets adversely affected by
hypertension.
The person suffering from high blood
pressure can also get vision problem, as high pressure can lead to
the damage to the retina, which can even cause blindness.
The best way out thus is to avoid
hypertension, which you can successfully practice by keeping a
healthy lifestyle and keeping a check on your blood pressure
regularly so that it could be detected and treated at the earliest.
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