Hello World..

My post today will talk about HyperTension.. The problem I’m currently facing and causes me to be admitted in the Hospital for the last 4 days.. Well here it goes.. HyperTension is a chronic medical condition where the blood pressure is elevated.. It is known to be the cause of strokes, heart attacks, heart failure, arterial aneurysm (bloated blood cell) and is a leading cause of chronic renal (kidney) failure.. The normal blood pressure (BP) is read as 120/80 mmHg  (systolic/diastolic) mmHg.. Systolic is the peak pressure of the artery while diastolic is the minimum pressure (while resting), of cause the higher the number is indicates that the higher the pressure of the artery pumping the blood throughout your body.. Below is the threshold of the reading:

Classification Systolic pressure Diastolic pressure
mmHg kPa (kN/m2) mmHg kPa (kN/m2)
Normal 90–119 12–15.9 60–79 8.0–10.5
Prehypertension 120–139 16.0–18.5 80–89 10.7–11.9
Stage 1 140–159 18.7–21.2 90–99 12.0–13.2
Stage 2 ≥160 ≥21.3 ≥100 ≥13.3
Isolated systolic
hypertension		 ≥140 ≥18.7 <90 <12.0
Source: American Heart Association (2003).

 

So based on the above table, my condition 4 days ago (180/150 mmHg) indicates that I might have Stage 2 HyperTension.. Thank God the reading has dropped to be better (http://blog.azri.my/?p=132).. But still it is still rather high which will caused me to stay here longer :(  

Anyway being one of the top 10 major cause of death in the world, HyperTension will give you signs that there are coming slowly into your lives.. One of the common sign is headache and stiff neck but however people will usually shrug it off as a common headache and Panadol or Uphamol (paracetamol) will do the trick and they still wouldn’t care even if it is repetitively coming back and forth.. Other symptoms are such as somnolence, confusion, visual disturbances, and nausea and vomiting..

So readers (if anyone actually reading this :P ), take care of yourself.. Don’t take this problem lightly as it will make you regret about it your whole life..

Thats it for now.. See ya..