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Hipertensión esencial

Nombres alternativos:

Hipertensión arterial idiopática

Prevención:

La prevención se basa especialmente en cambios en el estilo de vida, tales como:

Perder peso , si la persona está con sobrepeso , debido a que el exceso de peso determina un aumento en el esfuerzo del corazón. En algunos casos, la pérdida de peso puede ser el único tratamiento necesario para bajar la presión arterial.
Hacer ejercicio para mejorar la salud cardiovascular.
Hacer algunos ajustes en la dieta para disminuir la grasa y modificar la sal en la dieta. La sal, el glutamato monosódico y el bicarbonato sódico contienen sodio.

Referencias:

US Food and Drug Administration. FDA Approves New Drug Treatment for High Blood Pressure . Rockville, MD: National Press Office; March 6, 2007. Release P07-38.

Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7). Rockville, Md. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, US Department of Health and Human Services; August 2004. National Institutes of Health Publication No. 04-5230.

Whelton PK, He J, Appel LJ, et al. Primary prevention of hypertension: Clinical and public health advisory from The National High Blood Pressure Education Program. JAMA. 2002;288(15):1882-8.

Monitoreo de la presión sanguínea

Hipertensión sin tratamiento

Cambios en el estilo de vida

Hipertensión

Fecha de revisión: 6/4/2007
Versión en inglés revisada por: Larry A. Weinrauch, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and Private practice specializing in Cardiovascular Disease,Watertown, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc.

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