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Heart and brain is the center of body mechanism. Hypertensive
heart and high blood pressure are not strange with everyone
because they are the most dangerous killer.
It refers to a group of disorders that includes heart failure,
ischemic heart disease, hypertensive heart disease, and left
ventricular hypertrophy (excessive thickening of the heart muscle).
What Is Heart Failure?
Heart failure does not mean the heart has stopped working.
Rather, it means that the heart’s pumping power is weaker than
normal or the heart has become less elastic. With heart failure,
blood moves through the heart’s pumping chambers less
effectively, and pressure in the heart increases, robbing your body
of oxygen and nutrients.
To compensate for reduced pumping power, the heart’s chambers
respond by stretching to hold more blood. This keeps the blood
moving, but over time, the heart muscle walls weaken and are
unable to pump as strongly. As a result, the kidneys often respond
by causing the body to retain fluid (water) and sodium. The
resulting fluid buildup in the arms, legs, ankles, feet, lungs, or
other organs, is called congestive heart failure.
High blood pressure brings on heart failure by causing left
ventricular hypertophy, a thickening of the heart muscle that
results in less effective muscle relaxation between heart beats. This
makes it difficult for the heart to fill with enough blood to supply
the body’s organs, especially during exercise, leading your body to
hold onto fluids and your heart rate to increase.
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Symptoms of heart failure include:
Shortness of breath
Swelling in the feet, ankles, or abdomen
Difficulty sleeping flat in bed
Bloating
Irregular pulse
Nausea
Fatigue
Greater need to urinate at night
What Is Ischemic Heart Disease?
High blood pressure can also cause ischemic heart disease. This
means that the heart muscle isn’t getting enough blood. Ischemic
heart disease is usually the result of atherosclerosis or hardening
of the arteries (coronary artery disease), which impedes blood flow
to the heart. Symptoms of ischemic heart disease may include:
Chest pain which may radiate (travel) to the arms, back, neck,
or jaw
Chest pain with nausea, sweating, shortness of breath, and
dizziness; these associated symptoms may also occur without
chest pain
Irregular pulse
Fatigue and weakness
Any of these symptoms of ischemic heart disease warrant
immediate medical evaluation.
How Is Hypertensive Heart Disease
Diagnosed?
Your doctor will look for certain signs of hypertensive heart
disease, including:
High blood pressure
Enlarged heart and irregular heartbeat
Fluid in the lungs or lower extremities
Unusual heart sounds
Your doctor may perform tests to determine if you have
hypertensive heart disease, including a electrocardiogram,
echocardiogram, cardiac stress test, chest X-ray, and coronary
angiogram.
How Is Hypertensive Heart Disease
Treated?
In order to treat hypertensive heart disease, your doctor has to
treat the high blood pressure that is causing it. He or she will treat
it with a variety of drugs, including diuretics, beta-blockers, ACE
inhibitors, calcium channel blockers, angiotensin II receptor
blockers, and vasodilators.
In addition, your doctor may advise you to make changes to your
lifestyle, including:
Diet: If heart failure is present, you should lower your daily
intake of sodium to 2,000 mg or 2 g or less per day, eat foods
high in fiber and potassium, limit total daily calories to lose
weight if necessary, and limit intake of foods that contain
refined sugar, saturated fats, and cholesterol.
Monitoring your weight: This involves daily recording of
weight, increasing your activity level (as recommended by your
doctor), resting between activities more often, and planning
your activities.
Avoiding tobacco products and alcohol
Regular medical checkups: During follow-up visits, your
doctor will make sure you are staying healthy and that your
heart disease is not getting worse.
In some cases, you may need surgery to correct the heart disease.
Surgeries include coronary bypass grafting (to bypass clogged
heart arteries), mitral valve repair (to repair a leaky valve caused
by cardiomyopathy or ischemia), and vascular surgeries (to repair
defects of the blood vessels).
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HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND HYPERTENSIVE HEART DISEASE

  • 1. Heart and brain is the center of body mechanism. Hypertensive heart and high blood pressure are not strange with everyone because they are the most dangerous killer. It refers to a group of disorders that includes heart failure, ischemic heart disease, hypertensive heart disease, and left ventricular hypertrophy (excessive thickening of the heart muscle). What Is Heart Failure? Heart failure does not mean the heart has stopped working. Rather, it means that the heart’s pumping power is weaker than normal or the heart has become less elastic. With heart failure, blood moves through the heart’s pumping chambers less effectively, and pressure in the heart increases, robbing your body of oxygen and nutrients. To compensate for reduced pumping power, the heart’s chambers respond by stretching to hold more blood. This keeps the blood moving, but over time, the heart muscle walls weaken and are unable to pump as strongly. As a result, the kidneys often respond by causing the body to retain fluid (water) and sodium. The resulting fluid buildup in the arms, legs, ankles, feet, lungs, or other organs, is called congestive heart failure. High blood pressure brings on heart failure by causing left ventricular hypertophy, a thickening of the heart muscle that results in less effective muscle relaxation between heart beats. This makes it difficult for the heart to fill with enough blood to supply the body’s organs, especially during exercise, leading your body to hold onto fluids and your heart rate to increase. DISEASE, HEART DISEASE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND HYPERTENSIVE HEART DISEASE MAY 22, 2014 | JOANNASLIWINSKA| 3 COMMENTS How to hack your life  PRIM ARY M EN U
  • 2. Symptoms of heart failure include: Shortness of breath Swelling in the feet, ankles, or abdomen Difficulty sleeping flat in bed Bloating Irregular pulse Nausea Fatigue Greater need to urinate at night What Is Ischemic Heart Disease? High blood pressure can also cause ischemic heart disease. This means that the heart muscle isn’t getting enough blood. Ischemic heart disease is usually the result of atherosclerosis or hardening of the arteries (coronary artery disease), which impedes blood flow to the heart. Symptoms of ischemic heart disease may include: Chest pain which may radiate (travel) to the arms, back, neck, or jaw Chest pain with nausea, sweating, shortness of breath, and dizziness; these associated symptoms may also occur without chest pain Irregular pulse Fatigue and weakness Any of these symptoms of ischemic heart disease warrant immediate medical evaluation. How Is Hypertensive Heart Disease Diagnosed? Your doctor will look for certain signs of hypertensive heart disease, including: High blood pressure Enlarged heart and irregular heartbeat Fluid in the lungs or lower extremities Unusual heart sounds Your doctor may perform tests to determine if you have hypertensive heart disease, including a electrocardiogram, echocardiogram, cardiac stress test, chest X-ray, and coronary angiogram. How Is Hypertensive Heart Disease Treated? In order to treat hypertensive heart disease, your doctor has to treat the high blood pressure that is causing it. He or she will treat it with a variety of drugs, including diuretics, beta-blockers, ACE inhibitors, calcium channel blockers, angiotensin II receptor blockers, and vasodilators. In addition, your doctor may advise you to make changes to your lifestyle, including:
  • 3. Diet: If heart failure is present, you should lower your daily intake of sodium to 2,000 mg or 2 g or less per day, eat foods high in fiber and potassium, limit total daily calories to lose weight if necessary, and limit intake of foods that contain refined sugar, saturated fats, and cholesterol. Monitoring your weight: This involves daily recording of weight, increasing your activity level (as recommended by your doctor), resting between activities more often, and planning your activities. Avoiding tobacco products and alcohol Regular medical checkups: During follow-up visits, your doctor will make sure you are staying healthy and that your heart disease is not getting worse. In some cases, you may need surgery to correct the heart disease. Surgeries include coronary bypass grafting (to bypass clogged heart arteries), mitral valve repair (to repair a leaky valve caused by cardiomyopathy or ischemia), and vascular surgeries (to repair defects of the blood vessels). Some disease you can care: Coronary Artery Disease – Overview Blue waffle SHARE THIS: Twitter Facebook Google PREVIOUS POST Coronary Artery Disease – Overview NEXT POST Losing Sight of Diabetic Eye Disease 3 THOUGHTS ON “HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND HYPERTENSIVE HEART DISEASE” Pingback: the Sight of Diabetic Eye Disease | How to hack your life Pingback: Lyme Disease – What Increases Your Risk | How to hack your life Pingback: High Blood Pressure and the DASH Diet | How to hack    Loading... HEART DISEASE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE HYPERTENSIVE HEART DISEASE
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