Clinically obese

What is clinically obese?

The term Clinically obese is used to show the status at which overweight causes medical complications.

Treatment of hypertension

Overview

Hypertension is an incurable disease. You have this disease all the life, even if sometimes its values ​​are normal according to the treatment, diet or lifestyle.
Hypertension requires proper care for the following:

• Diet
• Lifestyle properly
• Treatment with drugs
• Control blood pressure
• Diet and body weight

Hypertension Types

In literature there are two main types of hypertension (Primary and Secondary) and four types of hypertension that are less common. Depending on the type of hypertension, it is posible that cause can be known or unknown. It is suspected because hypertension results from a combination of factors according to diet, treatment, body weight and lifestyle.

Primary hypertension

Primary hypertension is known as essential hypertension and it is the most common type of hypertension and accounts for 95% of cases. There is no single identifiable cause for high blood pressure.

Secondary hypertension

Secondary hypertension is a less common form of the disease . It occurs from of a specific condition like disorders including sleep apnea, tumors, and kidney failure.
The other four less common types of hypertension include: malignant hypertension, isolated systolic hypertension, white coat hypertension and resistant hypertension.

Treatment of hypertension

The goal of treatment of hypertension is to reduce the blood pressure so that you have a lower risk of complications in the body. It is better that you have a blood pressure goal and monitor its permanet.
In literatures, there are many different medicines that can be used to treat high blood pressure, including:

• Alpha blockers
• Beta blockers
• Calcium channel blockers
• Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors
• Diuretics
• Central alpha agonists
• Renin inhibitors, including aliskiren (Tekturna)
• Vasodilators
• Angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs)

Morbid Obesity

According to NIH (United States National Institutes of Health), the term morbid obesity is defined as being 50-100 percent above one's ideal body weight or 100 pounds above one's ideal body weight. Alternatively, obesity specialists use a BMI (Body Mass Index) value of 39 or greater to diagnose morbid obesity.
Morbid obesity is on the rise in Romania, among both adults and children.
In general, obesity is responsible for the appearance of one of the following diseases:

1. Hypertension
2. Heart failure
3. Respiratory disorders
4. Diabetes
5. Fatty liver disease NASH
6. Increased risk of heart attack
7. Cancer
8. Impaired fertility in women and sexual potency in men

Example of Morbid Obesity

Stelian Jurca from Bucharest, Romania was diagnosed in February, 2010 with morbid obesity. He managed to get from 350 kg to 150 kg in just four months after a surgery which was made to St. John Hospital in Bucharest, according to Reality TV channel. When the doctors saw on Stelian Jurca first time, they said that he will lose 100 kg in six months. But the man has exceeded all expectations, he lost weight twice as much.