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WEIGHT LOSS AND CHOLESTEROL

Remember that if you are hypertensive and obese, small decreases in weight (2-4 kg) affects very beneficial in controlling blood pressure, among other things, because obesity is a cause of relative resistance to antihypertensive medication.

And if you also have high cholesterol have been shown to:

- Being overweight is associated with elevated total cholesterol, LDL “bad” cholesterol and triglycerides and with decreased HDL cholesterol “good”.
- Obesity is a cause of resistance on antihypertensive medication.
- The distribution of body fat influences the risk of stroke and an increase of fat in the trunk and upper body is associated with greater risk than if the accumulation of fat was in the lower limbs. Read the rest of this entry »

What is good cholesterol and bad cholesterol?

Cholesterol exists in our body is the product, on the one hand, the cholesterol that is our own body and on the other, which comes across mainly food products of animal origin.

To be carried by the blood needs a special particles called lipoproteins. Among the most important are:

- The lipoprotein – LDL or low density. The cholesterol that is attached to this LDL cholesterol called lipoprotein or “bad cholesterol” because it is deposited in the walls of blood vessels. These lipoproteins increases when you eat too much animal fat, fatty cheeses, sausages.

-HDL lipoproteins or high density. This frees lipoprotein vessel walls of excess cholesterol facilitating its release. It is the HDLcolesterol or “good cholesterol”. And increase with exercise, diet rich in fiber and low in fat and cholesterol. Read the rest of this entry »

How is Hypercholesterolemia diagnosed?

It is a disease that can be diagnosed easily. Simply determine the levels of blood cholesterol, either through conventional analysis in the laboratory, or with a simple prick of the finger pad and within minutes you’ll know what your cholesterol level. Now many pharmacies have this device.

To diagnose it takes at least two determinations of cholesterol levels because the figures are subject to fluctuations, either by stress, weather, etc..

For cholesterol determination is valuable needs to be done fasting for 12 hours before the blood draw.
Other types of blood fats such as triglycerides also be determined to assess the extent of lipid disease or dyslipidemia. Read the rest of this entry »

Hypertension and hypercholesterolemia (high cholesterol) are among the most important cardiovascular risk factors and their importance is that arteriosclerotic effects of both conditions are increased exponentially when given in a single subject.

The increase in cholesterol levels increased gradually and continuously hypertensive vascular risk, while also contributing to the development and maintenance of hypertension.

How common is high cholesterol and high blood pressure in one person?

The frequency of both conditions is similar to occur in adults, is more in the hypertensive population, there is a trend toward higher levels of total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol (“bad” cholesterol) and triglycerides and lower HDL- cholesterol (“good”) that people with normal blood pressure. Read the rest of this entry »

If you have high blood pressure, remember this:

- High blood pressure may not make you feel sick, but it is a serious condition. See your doctor for treatment.

- You can lower your blood pressure by changing your daily habits and if necessary taking medicinas.Si you need to take medicine for high blood pressure, changes in lifestyle can help lower the dose you need and reduce side effects.

- Tell your doctor about all medicines you take also sure to mention non-prescription, because they can affect your blood pressure and also affect the way your medicine works for blood pressure. Read the rest of this entry »

Do You Have High Blood Pressure?

When you visit your doctor ask for your blood pressure to see if you have high blood pressure (HBP). Your doctor will tell you that your blood pressure is high if two or more checkups too high. Your doctor may also ask you to take your blood pressure at different times of day at home.

What if only the first number is high?

In older people, the first number (systolic) often is high (140 mmHg), while the second number (diastolic) is normal (less than 90 mmHg). This condition is called isolated systolic hypertension. For most people the systolic blood pressure rises over time as you get older. Diastolic blood pressure rises only until 55 years of age and then begins to decline. Isolated systolic hypertension is the most common form of high blood pressure in older people.

Isolated systolic hypertension can lead to serious health problems and should be treated. Treatment can save lives, reduce disease and improve quality of life of a person. But many older people do not control their high levels of systolic blood pressure. If your systolic pressure is above 140 mmHg, ask your doctor how to lower it. Read the rest of this entry »

You can have high blood pressure and feel good, because high blood pressure has no symptoms. But hypertension is a serious health problem, which if untreated can lead to a stroke, a heart disease, kidney failure and other health problems. The good news is that there are ways to prevent and control hypertension and can cause problems.

What is High Blood Pressure?

As blood flows from your heart to your blood vessels pushes against the walls of these. This pressure is measured in millimeters of mercury (mmHg). The reading often is recorded as two numbers-the pressure while the heart beats (systolic pressure) on the pressure while the heart relaxes between beats (diastolic pressure). The numbers are written one above the other, or one before the other. The systolic number comes first, or top, and the diastolic number comes second or below. Read the rest of this entry »

Are you included in any of these patterns of failure?

- Failure partial breach is considered so sporadically when one of the forms described, being the most frequent cause of dose omission due to forgetfulness.
- Holidays drug: when are breached several days, this usually happens when you travel on weekends.
- Compliance with white coat: it is defaulting to the days following the consultation or the days prior to the appointment are good performers, olvidándoseles for the rest of the days.
- Failure absolute occurs when some form of default described occur permanently. Read the rest of this entry »

What is the degree of control of hypertension?

The degree of control of hypertension worldwide is between 20 and 36% and a major cause of this lack of control, therapeutic failure because if we do not take the treatment, very effective as these, nothing we achieved, and indeed, the failure to respect the guidelines prescribed in addition to requiring that risks of inefficiency, increases the likelihood of undesirable effects arising.

How common is the failure of a chronic illness?

In general, the lack of compliance of drug therapy varies between 40-60% and non-pharmacological between 70-95%, which does understand the difficulty involved in taking medication continuously and chronic, as well as perform changes in lifestyle and the abandonment of harmful habits. Read the rest of this entry »

Patients with diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis, among others, can improve and even heal through exercises like the one proposed by Tai Chi Chuan, the ancient martial art that, according to the manuscripts most important, may date from 1300, when the Yuan dynasty was about to come to an end.

Whether you believe in the theory that the mind and body are united by a potentially healing force, experts say the ancient martial art known as Tai Chi can help you achieve health and optimal fitness. Those who have some time virtually assures that Tai Chi has the ability to calm the body and soul, and therefore the individual has become more stable, calmer, happier. Research shows that there are robust improvements in physical function of people, metabolism increases or accelerates, and there are fitness over time.

Breathe, concentrate and perform circular movements, in that it sums up this type of exercise. You can perform any type of person, even smokers, and for some chronic diseases as effective as drug treatment, only that there is no adverse side effects. It can be practiced to those who have undergone bypass arteriocoronario and who have had a heart attack. Sometimes it is only associated with older people in who actually prevents hip fractures or of any kind, but it can do anyone, any age, including children. I have had very young learners with conditions such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, which have been greatly benefited from the exercise. Read the rest of this entry »