Hypertension

The hypertension and high blood pressure experts of practice clinic for Diagnostics and Preventive Medicine in Bornheim near Cologne, Bonn and Düsseldorf take into account the treatment of high blood pressure both the insights of the inner Medicine as well as holistic medicine such as naturopathy, Homöopathie, Traditional Chinese medicine or Acupuncture.

As far as possible, high blood pressure should always be treated at its root cause. Before using medication, non-medicinal measures such as changing your diet, exercise or relaxation techniques may be considered.

High blood pressure is one of the most common diseases. Almost one in two people over 45 have high blood pressure. High blood pressure is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases such as Heart attack or Stroke a particularly important role.

From a manifest hypertension We are talking about a systolic blood pressure value above 140 and a diastolic blood pressure value above 90.

Whether high blood pressure needs to be treated does not depend on the blood pressure values ​​alone, but rather on whether the high blood pressure has already caused damage to the heart or blood vessels. Therefore, before deciding on treatment and also monitoring the course of the disease, examinations such as stress echocardiography (extended Stress ECG) or ultrasound examinations of the neck and leg vessels using color duplex sonography are useful.

In our practice clinic for preventive medicine near Cologne and Bonn, we examine the vessels for calcifications.

If color duplex sonography of the neck vessels shows arteriosclerotic calcium deposits (plaques), we will start treatment of hypertension sooner than without premature calcifications.

Ultrasound examination of the heart (Echocardiography) shows whether there is thickening of the heart wall (hypertrophy) or whether there is even an incipient heart failure (heart failure) has come.

Long-term blood pressure measurement It can be checked whether the blood pressure values ​​are only high in the practice. Medication is not always necessary to treat high blood pressure.

In most cases, losing weight is definitely worthwhile. For every kilo that patients lose, their blood pressure drops by about 2 mmHg.

Sport or even just regular exercise (e.g. walking or climbing stairs), giving up smoking and taking breaks to relax can do a lot to improve blood pressure levels.

The team of hypertension experts at the Bornheim practice clinic therefore also includes nutritionists and specialists for health advice regarding sport, exercise and relaxation techniques.

High blood pressure can be easily controlled 

Patients who are simultaneously suffering from Diabetes mellitus or heart failure (heart weakness) or who have already had a heart attack or stroke require particularly careful blood pressure treatment.

If you experience side effects while taking antihypertensive medication, do not stop taking the medication without consulting your Doctor There are numerous blood pressure lowering medications, so you can almost always find one that you can tolerate without side effects.

At least once a year, the heart and blood vessels should be examined by a specialist for blood pressure damageso that life-threatening diseases such as heart attacks, strokes or kidney failure can be prevented at an early stage. High blood pressure is then a disease that can be easily controlled.