Category Archives: Hypertension
Secondary Hypertension to Coarctation of Aorta: Treatment
How is coarctation of the aorta? When performing a physical examination of a person with coarctation of the aorta can hear a distinctive murmur on auscultation of the heart that puts on the trail of the existence of a narrow crossing point of the blood. Characteristic is the existence of hypertension in the upper trunk [...]
Secondary Hypertension to Coarctation of Aorta : Effects and Symptoms
Why is it dangerous coarctation? The effects that may occur: – The left ventricle must work harder to move blood through the narrowing of the aorta. Over time, the left ventricle can no longer handle the extra workload and stops pumping blood effectively. – Blood pressure is higher above the narrowing and reduced below it. [...]
Secondary Hypertension to Coarctation of Aorta
What is coarctation of the aorta? Is a birth defect in which there is a narrowing of the aorta at a point of its trajectory, which is usually in the initial portion of it, more frequently after the departure of the great vessels. This narrowing restricts the amount of oxygen-rich blood can move the lower [...]
The Treatment of Adult Polycystic
Is it advisable to look for when diagnosing cerebral aneurysms in polycystic disease? No systematic search is advised unless the following conditions: In asymptomatic people who have polycystic if another family member had a ruptured aneurysm. If you were to start another process anticoagulation, thromboembolic disease or atrial fibrillation, for example, as the situation of [...]
The Symptoms of Adult Polycystic
What are the symptoms of the disease? It is often asymptomatic and appears on an ultrasound performed for other reasons. The most common symptom is usually pain by distension of the renal capsule by the growth of cysts or a complication of these (bleeding into a cyst). It may appear hematuria (blood in urine) with [...]
The Diagnosis of Adult Polycystic
How is it diagnosed? In the presence of cysts in the kidney in an imaging test, ultrasound is usually the most innocuous of all. Since many people have simple cysts require further diagnostic criteria. If many renal cysts in an adult (over 30 years) and cysts in another territory (liver) the diagnosis is certain. If [...]
Adult Polycystic
What is adult polycystic disease? It is the most common genetic disease. It affects nearly 12 million people worldwide. It is estimated that 1 in every 500 adults suffer from it. Is the formation of cysts in the kidney that eventually destroy normal tissue and cause kidney failure. In addition to renal cysts cysts also [...]
Renovascular Hypertension: Diagnosis and Treatment
How is it diagnosed? Most of the time is indistinguishable from essential hypertension, and because of its relatively low incidence is due to study a possible renovascular cause people only have one or more signs of suspicion – An abdominal bruit is heard – Hypertension that began before age 30 – Hypertension is started after [...]
Renovascular Hypertension
What is renovascular hypertension? Hypertension is caused by renal hypoperfusion due to stenosis (narrowing) of the main renal artery or one of its branches. There are two sources for this narrowing: atherosclerotic disease and fibromuscular dysplasia (fibrous and fibromuscular thickening affecting the artery wall). The first is more common in males, smokers, long-standing hypertension and [...]
Medicinal Herbs for Hypertension
Medicinal plants can be very useful for hypertension. Those who suffer from high blood pressure, beyond taking the necessary precautions that are needed in such cases, it can seek further aid from that nature has left us. Garlic is one of the best blood purifiers exist and, therefore, it is always recommended in such circumstances. [...]