High blood pressure has been called the silent killer. One in three adults worldwide has high blood pressure. It is caused by a complex interaction between genetics and lifestyle factors such as diet, weight, alcohol consumption, and exercise. Hypertension is one of the major risk factors for severe diseases such as stroke, myocardial infarction (MI), heart failure, aneurysms (such as aortic aneurysms), and peripheral artery disease. It is also a cause of chronic kidney disease. Even a mild increase in arterial blood pressure can shorten life expectancy.
There are two kinds of blood pressure, systolic and diastolic. The normal range is 90 to 140 mm Hg and 60 to 90 mm Hg. In recent years, the study found that when the systolic blood pressure of 110 to 115 mm hg will increase the risk of heart disease, stroke, and kidney disease, the researchers at the University of Washington to reach this point but not systolic blood pressure of 140 mm hg crowd is defined as the "blood pressure", and more than 140 mm hg systolic blood pressure is defined as high blood pressure.
High blood pressure is no longer a disease of affluence, as it was in 1975; But today, high blood pressure is primarily a health problem that is closely linked to poverty.
From the point of individual life, childhood hypertension can predict their later life higher blood pressure, high blood pressure and individual of cardiovascular disease, metabolic disease, and kidney disease, and stroke risk are higher, recent studies have found that the mother during pregnancy source sex myocardial metabolic risk factors, including high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity are disease and offspring body is directly related to high blood pressure. Because controlling high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease in adults is difficult and costly, identifying risk factors that prevent high blood pressure early in life may be important for the health of an individual throughout his or her life.
The British Heart Foundation estimates that nearly 30 percent of adults in the UK have high blood pressure, putting them at risk of a heart attack or stroke. In early 2017, a study showed that nearly 900 million people worldwide have high blood pressure.
Although there are many treatments for high blood pressure, they are not always effective. The results are expected to provide new treatments for people with poorly controlled high blood pressure that could help prevent heart attacks or strokes. Understanding how blood pressure is regulated is vital if people are to develop new potential therapies to reduce it.
Based on this, Xiaobian reviews the recent research progress on hypertension, to provide readers with a review. At the same time, also hope that readers pay more attention to their own and family blood pressure changes, early prevention.