What is the difference between hypertension and essential hypertension?
What is the difference between hypertension and essential hypertension?
Hypertension occurs when the force of blood is stronger than it should be normally. Most cases of high blood pressure are classified as essential hypertension. The other kind of hypertension is secondary hypertension. Secondary hypertension is high blood pressure that has an identifiable cause, such as kidney disease.
What is the main cause of essential hypertension?
Essential (primary) hypertension occurs when you have abnormally high blood pressure that’s not the result of a medical condition. This form of high blood pressure is often due to obesity, family history and an unhealthy diet. The condition is reversible with medications and lifestyle changes.
How do you manage essential hypertension?
Here’s what you can do:
- Eat healthy foods. Eat a heart-healthy diet.
- Decrease the salt in your diet. Aim to limit sodium to less than 2,300 milligrams (mg) a day or less.
- Maintain a healthy weight.
- Increase physical activity.
- Limit alcohol.
- Don’t smoke.
- Manage stress.
- Monitor your blood pressure at home.
Is essential hypertension a disability?
The SSA does not consider high blood pressure a disability. There is no longer a disability listing for high blood pressure in the SSA’s list of impairments that qualifies someone for Social Security disability benefits.
What is the most common form of essential hypertension?
Essential hypertension (also called primary hypertension, or idiopathic hypertension) is the form of hypertension that by definition has no identifiable secondary cause. It is the most common type affecting 85% of those with high blood pressure….
| Essential hypertension | |
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| Specialty | Cardiology |
What are the common symptoms of essential hypertension?
If essential hypertension is not diagnosed, the condition has the potential to worsen and create heart or kidney problems. Sometimes, people with essential hypertension may experience headaches, dizziness and blurred vision, but these symptoms are unlikely to occur until blood pressure reaches very high levels.
