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Danger to the heart How can hypertension be reduced without medication?
According to health experts, every third adult in Germany suffers from hypertension. If left untreated, severe sequelae such as heart attack and stroke are at risk. To lower blood pressure, you do not necessarily have to resort to medication. Often, a healthier lifestyle and home remedies for hypertension also help.
Many do not feel anything about their hypertension
According to the German Hypertension League (DHL), about 20 to 30 million people in Germany suffer from high blood pressure (hypertension). The tricky thing is: high blood pressure is not felt by the patients for a long time and often only occurs when it causes organ damage. He is therefore - as well as other diseases - referred to as a "silent killer". On the occasion of the nationwide Herzwochen of the German Heart Foundation health experts under the motto "heart under stress" inform about the most important risk diseases for cardiovascular diseases such as heart attack, stroke, heart failure and cardiac arrhythmias (atrial fibrillation).
Many people do not know about their high blood pressure. This can have fatal consequences, because high blood pressure is risk factor number one for cardiovascular diseases. (Image: one / fotolia.com) High blood pressure damages the vessels
In addition to high blood pressure, these include diabetes, high cholesterol and stress.
"For our hearts to pump 7,000 liters of blood a day through our vascular system to provide organs and muscles with oxygen and nutrients, we need to protect the heart and blood vessels from the vascular damaging effects of high blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, high cholesterol and stress," warned the cardiologist Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Meinertz, CEO of the German Heart Foundation in a statement.
Every third German suffers from hypertension
As for the other "silent killer" applies to hypertension: Better early diagnosis and treatment. Although almost every third German citizen is affected, many suspect nothing of their high blood pressure. Some think hypertension is an "old age disease". But this assumption is wrong.
Although older people are the most affected, younger people are increasingly affected as well. Especially young men often know nothing about their high blood pressure levels and can also be treated less often. Untreated high blood pressure is one of the biggest health risks in the Western world. He is the risk factor number one for cardiovascular diseases.
Lower blood pressure naturally
Although sufferers often quickly become hypertensive, but in many cases hypertension can be treated without medication. In addition to regular exercise here is especially a healthy, varied diet with low fat, sugar and salt to call.
Also interesting are findings from research recently presented at a meeting of the American Heart Association (AHA). Thus, natural yogurt relieves high blood pressure in women. Smoking, over-consumption of alcohol, overweight or obesity should also be avoided. In addition, relaxation exercises such as yoga or autogenic training for stress relief can be very effective and positively influence high blood pressure values. Some home remedies such as Kneipp's treatments can provide good support.
In some patients, medications do not work
But in some patients, neither natural measures nor remedies help. "About half of all hypertensive patients, despite drug therapy can not lower their blood pressure sufficiently," reported the University Hospital Freiburg recently in a press release. The permanently stressed body reacts to this with further illnesses. According to the company, the university is researching a new technology that can help such patients. (Ad)