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An increase of blood pressure increases the burden onto the heart, affects
blood vessels making their walls thick and less elastic.
One of the features of the hypertension is its ability to remain unnoticed
for the patient at its early stages. That’s why the self-control of the blood
pressure is so important. With the illness progressing, headaches and
regular dizziness appear, the sight declines, the functioning of vitalses
(encephalon, heart, kidneys, blood vessels) breaks down. Without special
treatment the complications of hypertension might be kidney damages,
breast-pang, paralytic stroke, aphasia, dementia, heart attack and stroke.
Which
values are Normal?
The world standard as for the norms of the blood pressure is the
Classification* of the World Health Organization (WHO):
Range
Systolic
Blood
Pressure
(mmHg)
Diastolic
Blood
Pressure
(mmHg)
Recommenda-
tion
Blood pressure
too low
< 100
< 60
Consult your
doctor
1. Blood pressure
optimum
100 … 120
60 … 80
Self-check
2. Blood pressure
normal
120 … 130
80 … 85
Self-check
3. Blood pressure
slightly high
130 … 140
85 … 90
Consult your
doctor
4. Blood pressure
too high
140 … 160
90 … 100
Seek medical
advice
5. Blood pressure
far too high
160 … 180
100 … 110
Seek medical
advice
6. Blood pressure
dangerously
high
> 180
> 110
Urgently
seek medical
advice!
* printed with curtailments
• The diagnosis of hypertension requires from the patient to combine
medical treatment prescribed by the doctor and mode of life correction.
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