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High blood pressure:causes, symptoms and treatment

1. INTRODUCTION:

• HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE ALSO KNOWN AS HYPERTENSION. 
• HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE IS A CONDITION IN WHICH THE FORCE OF THE BLOOD IS VERY HIGH AGAINST BLOOD VESSEL. 
• USUALLY HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE DEFINES AS BLOOD PRESSURE IS ABOVE 140/90 MM HG. IF MORE HIGH THAN IT IS CONSIDERED AS SEVERE. 
• HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE OR  HYPERTENSION IS SERIOUS CONDITION THAT SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE RISK OF HEART, BRAIN, KIDNEY DISEASE ETC. 
• PEOPLE ABOVE AGE OF 40 YEAR ARE MORE PRONS TO HYPERTENSION.
• NOW IN PRESENT TIME, FOOD HABITS AND SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE CAUSE HYPERTENSION IN PEOPLE.



2. NORMAL BLOOD PRESSURE:

• NORMAL BLOOD PRESSURE DENOTED IS 120/80 MM HG.
• NORMAL BLOOD PRESSURE CAN BE VARIABLE DEPENDS ON AGE SEX DIETS ETC. 
• BLOOD PRESSURE IS MEASURED BY A INSTRUMENT CALLED SPHYGMO- MANOMETER.
• THIS INSTRUMENT IS PLACED ON BRACHIAL ARTERY AND PRESSURE IS MEASURED THROUGH A MERCURY COLUMN.
• INCREMENTS IN BLOOD PRESSURE IS CONSIDERED AS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE FROM NORMAL BLOOD PRESSURE.



3. CAUSES OF HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE: 

• HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE OCCURS DUE TO SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE.
• IN CERTAIN DISEASE, SUCH AS DIABETES AND IN OBESITY THE RISK OF HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE IS THERE.
• MOST PEOPLE WITH HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE HAVE NO PROMINENT SYMPTOMS.
• YOU CAN HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE FOR SEVERAL YEARS WITHOUT ANY SYMPTOMS, SO THIS DISEASE ARE CALLED AS SILENT KILLER.
• IF THE BLOOD IS THICK OR ARTERIAL WALLS ARE LESS ELASTIC, THAN IT GIVES RISE TO HYPERTENSION.
• CAUSE OF MOST HYPERTENSION ARE UNKNOWN.



  RISK FACTOR FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE: 

1. SMOKING

2. OBESITY

3. POOR DIET (high salt, low potassium)

4. TOO MUCH ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION

5. SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE

6. DIABETES

7. LACK OF EXERCISE

8. FAMILY HISTORY

9. MALFUNCTIONING OF KIDNEY

10. AGE


4. AYURVEDIC CONCEPT IN HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE:

• ACCORDING TO AYURVEDA,  IN HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE IT INVOLVES ALL THREE DOSHAS(VATA, PITTA, KAPHA), HEART AND BLOOD VESSELS.
• IN THIS CONDITION MAINLY VATA  DOSHA ARE AGGRAVATED.
• LAKE OF ELASTICITY OF ARTERIAL WALL RESPONSIBLE FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE. THE ELASTICITY OF ARTERIES IS MAINTAINED BY KAPHA DOSA.
• IN AYURVEDA IT IS CALLED AS RAKTA GATA VATA.



5. COMPLICATIONS OF HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE :

   • HEART DISEASE 

   • STROKE 

   • KIDNEY DISEASE 

   • VISION LOSS 

   • PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE 


6. DIAGNOSIS :

    • BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT 
    • FREQUENCY OF BLOOD PRESSURE CHECK-UP

7. AYURVEDIC TREATMENT:

1. BRING TRIDOSHA ( VATA, PITTA, KAPHA) TO THEIR STATE OF EQUILIBRIUM BY DRUGS, THERAPIES, DIET AND REGIMENT.
2. PATEINT SHOULD AVOID HOT, PUNGENT, UNCTUOUS AND DRY FOODS.
3. AVOID SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE.
4. LOWER INTAKE OF SALT.
5. AVOID SMOKING AND ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IN EXCESS.
6. DON'T SUPPRESS NATURAL URGE.
7. CONSTIPATION IS ONE OF THE IMPORTANT CAUSE FOR AGGRAVATING VATA DOSH, A SO PREVENTS CONSTIPATION.

# MEDICINE FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE:

1. AMLA 
2. ASHWAGANDHA
3. GARLIC
4. BRAHMI VATI 
5. ARJUNARISTA
6. SARPAGANDA VATI
7. TRIPHALA POWDER
8. PANCHKARMA THEREPY



#NOTE: PLEASE TAKE MEDICINE AFTER CONSULTING AN AYURVEDIC DOCTOR.

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