\n| \n HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE HYPERTENSION (STAGE 2)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 140 OR HIGHER<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n OR<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 90 OR HIGHER<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Medication<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| \n HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n HIGHER THAN 180<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n AND\/OR<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n HIGHER THAN 120<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Admission Required<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<\/span>Complications of Uncontrolled Hypertension<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\nWith other complications, hypertension can cause serious damage to the heart. Excessive pressure can make the arteries hard and can decrease the flow of blood and oxygen to the heart. The increase pressure and reduced blood flow can cause chest pain, heart attack (which occurs when the blood supply to the heart is blocked), and heart failure (which occurs when the heart is unable to pump enough blood to the other body organs).<\/p>\n High blood pressures can also cause bursting or blockage of arteries that supply blood and oxygen to the brain which can cause a stroke.<\/p>\n Elevated blood pressure in the long term can cause permanent damage to the kidneys and retina.<\/p>\n <\/span>Prevention, Lifestyle Modifications, and Treatment<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/span>Prevention and Lifestyle Modifications<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\nAdapting positive preventive measures and lifestyle changes can lower high blood pressure and prevent the risks of other severe conditions.<\/p>\n \n- Add more greens to your diet including fruits and leafy vegetables and limit your salt intake (avoid added salt). Also, try to avoid foods which are highly saturated.<\/li>\n
- Try to be physically active as much as you can. Do activities like walking, running, lifting weights, or strength building. Avoid sitting for long hours.<\/li>\n
- Try to maintain a healthy weight if you are overweight or obese.<\/li>\n
- Avoid excess alcohol consumption, smoking, or tobacco.<\/li>\n
- Keep a regular check of your blood pressure with an expert healthcare provider\/home reading.<\/li>\n
- Try to reduce or manage stress levels.<\/li>\n
- Get enough sleep<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/span>Treatment<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\nHypertension can be treated by maintaining a good balance between healthy lifestyle and medications. Though healthy lifestyle habits can be very effective but sometimes these changes do not control or lower the blood pressure and then medications are much needed.<\/p>\n There are several common medications for hypertension:<\/p>\n \n- ACE inhibitors\/Angiotensin-2 receptor blockers (ARBs) that relax blood vessels and prevent kidney damage.<\/li>\n
- Calcium channel blockers (CCBs)<\/li>\n
- Thiazide diuretics<\/li>\n
- Beta blockers especially for young patients with anxiety and stress.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/span>Conclusion<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\nWorld hypertension day 2025 acts as a wake-up call using its theme, getting proper checkups of your blood pressure and preventive measures. Timely diagnosis, complete treatment, and breaking the myths, these are important to relieve hypertension.<\/p>\n <\/span>Myths and FAQs around Hypertension<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\nQ.1: Is hypertension a serious condition?
\n<\/strong>Ans:<\/strong> High blood pressure is usually considered not serious. Hypertension is believed to be among the most severe disease nowadays because it may cause heart disease, strokes, and the failure of kidney.<\/p>\nQ.2: Is hypertension only occurring among older people?
\n<\/strong>Ans:<\/strong> This is a common myth among people that only older people are suffering from hypertension. Though the risk increases with age, but it can occur in people of any age including children and adults.<\/p>\nQ.3: Does hypertension show obvious symptoms?
\n<\/strong>Ans:<\/strong> There is another myth around hypertension that like other conditions it also shows symptoms. Hypertension is known as \u201csilent killer\u201d as most people experience no symptoms.<\/p>\nQ.4: Can hypertension be caused only by high salt intake?
\n<\/strong>Ans:<\/strong> People often believe that only high salt intake is the reason for hypertension. It is not the only reason as genetics and other lifestyle habits can also cause hypertension.<\/p>\nQ.5: Is medication no longer needed once blood pressure is managed?
\n<\/strong>Ans:<\/strong> Hypertension is a chronic condition and medications are important for long-term management even if the blood pressure is under control.<\/p>\nMedically Reviewed by<\/strong>\u200a\u2014\u200aDr. Rupesh Kaushik (Associate Director – Cardiology)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"17th May 2025 will be observed as the World Hypertension Day, a day globally meant to create awareness with regard to the problem of hypertension (high blood pressure) and other things concerned. Hypertension is a serious illness that is affecting millions of people around the world. Hypertension leads as number one cause of heart disease,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1030,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[280],"tags":[281],"class_list":["post-1018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-hypertension-day","tag-world-hypertension-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.venkateshwarhospitals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.venkateshwarhospitals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.venkateshwarhospitals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.venkateshwarhospitals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.venkateshwarhospitals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1018"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.venkateshwarhospitals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1038,"href":"https:\/\/www.venkateshwarhospitals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018\/revisions\/1038"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.venkateshwarhospitals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.venkateshwarhospitals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.venkateshwarhospitals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.venkateshwarhospitals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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