How to Control Unexplained Hypertension

Hypertension/high blood pressure, is a serious disease that affect million of people. With the epidemic of obesity in the US, we are also seeing a rise in this serious, but reversible disease.

One in three or over 75 million American children and adults suffer from high blood pressure. It is the number cause of heart attack and stroke. More than 65% of people with suffer with this ailment do not know it. This condition often has no symptoms and is often overlooked.

It, is caused by a lung disorder. It is also called unexplained hypertension, because, the causes are unknown. When the blood pressure in the pulmonary artery is elevated above normal without apparent causes.

The pulmonary artery carries oxygen-deficient blood from the right side of the heart to the lungs. The lungs then carries fresh oxygen to the left ventricle which delivers it throughout the body.

Like pulmonary hypertension, doctors are not sure in most cases what causes hypertension. However, they do know what can make it worse.

Stress: Constant unmanaged stress in itself, is harmful to the mind and body. It can also make hypertension worse. Stress causes the heart rate to elevate causing the heart to work harder, thus casing blood pressure to rise. These things can affect you:

Obesity: When the body carries extra weight, it causes the heart to work harder.

Smoking: Substances in cigarettes, cigars, and snuff causes blood vessels to narrow, causing the heart to work hard to move through the body and blood pressure to rise

Salt: Too much salt causes the body to retain water, causing blood pressure to rise.

Genetics: Some people are predisposed to having hypertension. Hypertension can run in families.

Symptoms off of PPH are:

* dizziness
* fatigue
* difficulty breathing
* fainting
* swelling of ankles and legs
* chest pains
* blue tint to lips and skin

PHH is treated by diuretics, blood thinner (anticoagulants) or supplemental oxygen. Those who do not respond with these therapies may need and heart or lung transplant.

The blood pressure goal for otherwise healthy people is less than140 for systolic and less than 90 for diastolic. For people with diabetes or renal disease the goal is 130/80, and for people with heart disease, 140/90.

Lifestyle changes can make a big impact on hypertension. Something as low as a 5 to 10 pound weight loss can normalize high blood pressure.
In order to improve your health and lower blood pressure these things will be extremely helpful:

• Lose weight
• Stop smoking
• exercise
• drink in moderation
• maintain, calcium, magnesium and potassium
• reduce cholesterol and saturated fats

When prescribed medication to lower or control high blood pressure, if it vital to your health to take is as prescribed, without skipping doses. If you are having uncomfortable side effects, do not stop taking your medicine, but discuss this with your doctor, so that thy can prescribe something else.