If you have high blood pressure or hypertension, you have an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease, kidney damage or other problems. When diagnosed with high blood pressure, an attempt is made to lower blood pressure with the help of a modified lifestyle. The doctor first looks at your lifestyle and then gives advice. This advice usually concerns stopping […]
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Blood pressure is the pressure on the arteries created by the heart's pumping. Blood pressure has two values, the upper pressure and the lower pressure. If that value exceeds 140/90 mmHg, we speak of high blood pressure or hypertension. You often don't notice this, but high blood pressure can still be dangerous [...]
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You cannot easily recognize high blood pressure. This is often discovered during a medical check-up. Once you have high blood pressure, it is important to keep a close eye on it. In the short term, this will not have any direct negative consequences. If you continue with this for too long, you run the risk of heart failure, a […]
Long-term high blood pressure or hypertension can lead to cardiovascular disease, kidney disease or other problems. Preventing high blood pressure is better than a cure. If you do have to deal with it, it is important to lower blood pressure. With a number of useful tips you can combat high blood pressure. Treatment of hypertension […]
More than a third of all Dutch people suffer from high blood pressure or hypertension. High blood pressure symptoms are not always clearly recognizable. People with high blood pressure or hypertension for too long have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. It is therefore important to treat the symptoms of high blood pressure in time […]
You have been diagnosed with hypertension or high blood pressure. It is then important to adjust your lifestyle. This prevents the blood pressure from remaining high for a long time. Hypertension can eventually lead to arteriosclerosis, kidney damage and heart failure. Adjusting your lifestyle is therefore a very important step. High blood pressure advice What to do […]
High blood pressure (hypertension) does not just happen, it has an underlying cause. Hypertension does not have to be an immediate problem. It only poses a risk if this continues for a long time. Long-term hypertension increases the risk of cardiovascular disease. For this reason, hypertension is often treated. After all, prevention is better than cure. […]
High blood pressure is also called hypertension. To understand what hypertension is, let's first look at the meaning of blood pressure (hydrostatic pressure) itself. The heart is a muscle that pumps blood through the blood vessels. This happens at a frequency of 60 to 80 times per minute. The blood is treated with a certain […]