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Definition:
Raised blood pressure is labeled as hypertension. In
realism, blood pressure of an individual tends to increase
with advancing age. So, term hypertension will be used
when blood pressure exceeds the normal range for
a particular age group.
Unattended blood pressure can lead to a number of serious
complications including stroke, heart diseases, kidney
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Remarks: Hypertension
is very common in general population. However, in 95% of
cases a specific underlying cause of hypertension cannot
be pointed out. This hypertension is labeled as essential
hypertension and is believed to be related to genetic and
heredity factors. There are multiple factors that increase
chances of hypertension significantly: Age, Obesity, High
levels of body fats (cholesterol), Excess consumption of
alcohol and smoking, Food (more salt intake), Life-style
factors (lack of exercise, lack of sleep, mental stress,
etc). There is a very small group of cases where
hypertension is a result of some specific disease condition
in the body and is labeled as secondary hypertension.
It can be easily perceived that hypertension is a
constitutional disorder as constitutional defect (genetic
factors) is at the base of it and the disorder itself has
impact on entire constitution of an individual. While
treating hypertension, the treatment needs to be planned
to focus at a root level: to affect the genetic tendency.
Homeopathic treatment does that precisely.
Suggestion about homeopathic treatment: Homoeopathy can
play major role in management of essential or secondary
hypertension. Timely administered homoeopathy medicines
can assist in preventing further complications of
condition. Life-style modification with moderate exercise,
weight reduction, salt restriction can enhance the
benefits of homoeopathy.
In my experience, early cases of hypertension respond to
homoeopathy much better than those late cases who are
already on some antihypertensive medicines for long period
of time. Again, homoeopathy is not best suited during the
acute hypertensive crisis. |
