Benign Hypertension

Hypertension is a growing concern for many industrialized countries. Billions of dollars are spent annually to treat the condition and number of people with hypertension is increasing year by year. Although cases of hypertension are increasing, many people suffer from mild hypertension, without realizing it.

It is believed that an estimated one in three people in the United States have high blood pressure, and it is likely that these numbers will more or less mirrored in most industrialized countries. Among these people it is thought that around one third are undiagnosed and do not realize they have high blood pressure, as they have not had their blood pressure levels during a period.

In addition, those who are diagnosed, it is estimated that nearly 50% do not take their medications as prescribed blood pressure, which is considered a major cause of malignant hypertension (when blood pressure is very high and serious damage can occur to major organs in the body).

The reason for this complacency is clear. It's not that people are not aware of high blood pressure can lead to an increased risk of stroke, myocardial infarction and kidney problems, but symptoms of hypertension are mild or nonexistent, is that people forget or do not think they need them as they feel well.

It is usually only when blood pressure becomes severely elevated symptoms that are identified which can be isolated.

This lack of symptoms is the reason why blood pressure was given the name a little morbid by many "silent killer".

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There is a foolproof way to check if a person suffers from hypertension, and that is to have blood pressure in a medical office, or use one monitor many home blood pressure which can be purchased. Usually it takes more than one reading to get a "reference" level of blood pressure as a number of factors can affect the reading, including caffeine, alcohol, exercise, levels of posture and stress.

In different countries, the standards for what is considered normal, before hypertension and hypertension and malignant hypertension are slightly different.

- Readings of normal blood pressure tend to be less than 12/80 mmHg

- A person may be considered pre-hypertension if they have a systolic reading between 120 and 139 or a diastolic reading between 80 and 89. Both the systolic and diastolic readings are important.

- A person is considered high blood pressure if they have a blood pressure over 140/90, and both numbers will be considered when diagnosing the condition.

Many people with hypertension are designated as having mild hypertension, as the damage may take several years to develop.

The term "Benin" is used to distinguish malignant hypertension which requires immediate medical attention because it is often life-threatening or damaging the vital organs in the short term.

Even if you have mild hypertension, or no symptoms are shown it is important to treat high blood pressure quickly. There is no way of knowing how long a person can have high blood pressure without causing damage, and increases the risk of damage over time.