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TREATMENT OF THE ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION | |
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In most of the cases, the cause of the HTA is not known. Nevertheless, it can be treated efficiently, diminishing the TA at manageable or normal levels and avoiding all the serious consequences of the HTA, with what a normal life expectancy would be supported. The treatment of the arterial Hypertension is based on the following points:
Restriction of salt and reduction of weight.The excessive salt in the diet causes retention of liquids and TA increase. To diminish the TA, the first step is to diminish the ingestion of entire salt (included contained in the bread, the concentrated broths, the prepared food, etc.) up to a minor quantity of a teaspoonful a day. The daily needs for salt are concerning half a gram to the day (half a teaspoonful), but in a normal western diet the above mentioned quantity is consumed eight times, not only in saltcellar salt, but also in snacks, cheeses, sausages, spices, soups of on. The sodium is not only in the salt, but also in the glutamate monosódico, the yeast, etc, therefore it is necessary to read the tags of the products packed on having done a diet hiposódica strict. It can improve the blood pressure eating more fruits and vegetables that Potassium contains, and for it they favor this reduction. On the other hand, the excess weight contributes to a major cardiac work. The obesity is associated with the arterial hypertension to a great extent, partly because the obese ones have an increase of the insulin that across a minor flow of the renal circulation produces a retention of salt (Sodium). A low-calorie diet (1200 lime) with scarce fats contribution can produce for every 10 Kg of decrease of weight a decrease de10 mm Hg. In some persons it is enough to diminish of weight to control the TA. Other dietetic factors.The tobacco and the drinks with caffeine have an effect of short duration of increase of the TA, but there does not exist clear evidence of which his habitual use could contribute to a supported HTA. Nevertheless, the use of tobacco can accelerate the arteriosclerosis process in the people with HTA. Also, the habitual alcohol abuse can contribute to the development and maintenance of HTA. Also it is necessary to bear in mind that certain medicines increase the vascular resistance, between they are the Anti-inflammatory not esteroideos, the Contraceptive ones, the Simpaticomiméticos and the Steroids. A program of aerobic exercise (to see Cardiovascular Health) helps to strengthen the heart, to lower weight and to control the TA. There is not known the exact mechanism for which it helps to lower the TA. It is necessary to realize an exercise adapted at every age and at every person, for it the achievement of half an hour of soft career 2 ó 3 days per week is sufficient for most of the persons. To consult the guide Medicamentos for the HTA.
Since the HTA usually does not give symptoms, the way of knowing if the medicines are working is always the tension takes (to see the guide Como taking the Tension), at first at the same hour (the TA changes throughout the day). Once the TA has normalized, there is convenient to take it one or two times per week, but already at different hours. The target of the treatment is to support the TA in normal status throughout the whole day. If it is necessary to treat the HTA with medicines, in many cases the above mentioned medicines will have to take of continuous form during the rest of the life. In no case it is necessary to leave the medication when the TA normalizes, unless his doctor says the opposite. And if in spite of the treatment the TA you rise again, consult also his doctor. |
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RULES OF THE TREATMENT OF THE ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION |
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