New Therapy Reduce Hypertension.

About one billion of the world population suffer from hypertension and 7.1 million deaths each year related to hypertension. Awareness of the importanceof the management of hypertension continues to increase in western countries and the number of hypertension patients who received treatment had to be increased.

The large number of people with hypertension in the world was informed that the disease is global and not selective patients. Indeed we will not see a doctor said the cause of death was hypertensive patients. In contrast to dengue fever is often a source of hard news on television, hypertension itself does not cause death. In the United States, one person died from complication of hypertension every two minutes.

Unfortunately, hypertension symptoms often don't provide that if not checked regularly, maybe once a new person knowing that he was suffering from hypertension when blood pressure = 140/90 mmHg. For hypertension with blood pressure - 140/90 mmHg, the pratical need therapy antihypertensive drugs.

In fact, hypertension can be dangerous if not controlled. There are many ways to reduce blood pressure. One of them with drug therapy. Hypertension treatment goal is reduce the number of deaths and morbidity due to renal and cardiovascular complication ( heart, blood vessels)

There is already present therapeutic agents promising new hypertension, namely Direct Renin Inhibitor (DRI). These drugs are proven to yield stress RAA system is more significant and reflects the inability of ACEI inhibit the formation of angiotensin II in an optimal because it was the formation of angiotensin II not only through the ACE ( Angiotensin converting enzyme ACEI inhibited stage ) only, but there are other lines that are not affected by enzyme it.

In addition to treatment, according to Dr. Santoso Karo Karo, you can either through lifestyle changes ( diet and exercise patterns). Here are the details.

1. Eat fruits, milk with low fat levels. This can reduce the blood pressure of 10-14 mm Hg
2. Reduce consumption to salt. The recommended limits are about 6 grams of salt a day. This can reduce the blood pressure of 2 - 8 mm Hg.
3. Improve sports, like aerobics, walking for 30 minutes every day. This can reduce the blood pressure of 4 - 9 mm Hg.
4. Reducing alcohol consumption. for men, do not consume more than two drinks a day. Meanwhile, for women don't consume more than one glass. This can reduce the blood pressure of 2 - 4 mm Hg.

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