{"id":17712,"date":"2025-07-08T11:15:36","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T11:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/services\/diabetes-endocrinology\/hypertension\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T14:09:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T14:09:53","slug":"hypertension","status":"publish","type":"services","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/services\/diabetes-endocrinology\/hypertension\/","title":{"rendered":"Hipertens\u00e3o"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"grid\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 maincopy blogCore\">\n<h2>Tratamento da hipertens\u00e3o em MA e RI<\/h2>\n<p>A hipertens\u00e3o afecta milh\u00f5es de americanos, incluindo os que vivem no sudeste de MA e RI. Na Southcoast Health, os nossos profissionais qualificados trabalhar\u00e3o consigo para abordar e tratar a sua hipertens\u00e3o e ajud\u00e1-lo a compreender melhor a sua sa\u00fade.<\/p>\n<h2>Compreender a sua hipertens\u00e3o<\/h2>\n<p>A hipertens\u00e3o, mais vulgarmente conhecida como press\u00e3o arterial elevada, significa que a press\u00e3o nos vasos sangu\u00edneos \u00e9 demasiado elevada. O seu m\u00e9dico ou profissional de sa\u00fade efectua duas medi\u00e7\u00f5es para calcular a sua tens\u00e3o arterial:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Press\u00e3o arterial sist\u00f3lica<\/strong> mede a press\u00e3o quando o cora\u00e7\u00e3o se contrai, empurrando o sangue para o resto do corpo. Na leitura da tens\u00e3o arterial, este \u00e9 o n\u00famero superior, que deve ser inferior a 120.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Press\u00e3o arterial diast\u00f3lica<\/strong> \u00e9 quando o cora\u00e7\u00e3o relaxa e se enche de sangue. \u00c9 a parte inferior da leitura da tens\u00e3o arterial e deve ser inferior a 80.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A hipertens\u00e3o \u00e9 uma doen\u00e7a muito comum e afecta frequentemente as pessoas com <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/services\/diabetes-endocrinology\/\">Diabetes tipo 2<\/a>. Um ter\u00e7o dos americanos (cerca de 80 milh\u00f5es de pessoas) tem hipertens\u00e3o, mas apenas metade deste grupo tem a sua press\u00e3o arterial elevada sob controlo. Os milh\u00f5es de americanos com hipertens\u00e3o n\u00e3o controlada correm um maior risco de ataque card\u00edaco, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/services\/cardio-heart-vascular\/\">doen\u00e7a card\u00edaca<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/services\/neurology-stroke-neurosciences\/stroke-care\/\">acidente vascular cerebral<\/a>les\u00f5es org\u00e2nicas e aneurismas.<\/p>\n<h2>O que causa a hipertens\u00e3o?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hipertens\u00e3o prim\u00e1ria ou essencial<\/strong> n\u00e3o tem causa conhecida e desenvolve-se normalmente com o tempo. Este \u00e9 o tipo mais comum de hipertens\u00e3o.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hipertens\u00e3o secund\u00e1ria<\/strong> desenvolve-se como resultado de uma condi\u00e7\u00e3o m\u00e9dica subjacente, como <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/services\/kidney-care\/\">problemas renais<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/services\/diabetes-endocrinology\/thyroid-disease\/\">doen\u00e7a da tiroide<\/a>ou medicamentos. Os profissionais da Southcoast Health trabalham para tratar a causa subjacente, o que pode reverter a press\u00e3o arterial elevada.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Quais s\u00e3o os factores de risco da hipertens\u00e3o?<\/h2>\n<p>Qualquer pessoa pode desenvolver tens\u00e3o arterial elevada, independentemente do sexo, ra\u00e7a ou mesmo estilo de vida. No entanto, determinados factores de risco aumentam a probabilidade de uma pessoa desenvolver hipertens\u00e3o prim\u00e1ria:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Etnia afro-americana<\/li>\n<li>Idade: 65% dos idosos com mais de 60 anos t\u00eam tens\u00e3o arterial elevada<\/li>\n<li>Historial familiar: Se um dos pais ou av\u00f3s tiver press\u00e3o arterial elevada, \u00e9 mais prov\u00e1vel que tamb\u00e9m a desenvolva.<\/li>\n<li>G\u00e9nero: Os homens de meia-idade t\u00eam um risco estatisticamente mais elevado de sofrer de hipertens\u00e3o do que as mulheres, enquanto as mulheres t\u00eam mais probabilidades de a desenvolver \u00e0 medida que envelhecem<\/li>\n<li>A obesidade \u00e9 um importante fator de risco para a hipertens\u00e3o<\/li>\n<li>Os factores relacionados com o estilo de vida, como o stress, a m\u00e1 alimenta\u00e7\u00e3o, o tabagismo, a falta de exerc\u00edcio f\u00edsico e o consumo de \u00e1lcool, tamb\u00e9m aumentam o risco<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Quando chamar um m\u00e9dico<\/h2>\n<p>A hipertens\u00e3o \u00e9 uma doen\u00e7a \"silenciosa\". Pode n\u00e3o haver sintomas, mesmo que a sua tens\u00e3o arterial suba perigosamente. De facto, quase um ter\u00e7o das pessoas que t\u00eam press\u00e3o arterial elevada n\u00e3o o sabem. Isto torna o rastreio da tens\u00e3o arterial crucial. De facto, a American Heart Association (Associa\u00e7\u00e3o Americana do Cora\u00e7\u00e3o) recomenda a realiza\u00e7\u00e3o de controlos pelo menos de dois em dois anos, a partir dos 20 anos de idade.<\/p>\n<p>Os sintomas de uma tens\u00e3o arterial significativamente elevada podem incluir:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fadiga ou confus\u00e3o<\/li>\n<li>Problemas de vis\u00e3o<\/li>\n<li>Dor no peito<\/li>\n<li>Dor de cabe\u00e7a intensa<\/li>\n<li>Sangue na urina<\/li>\n<li>Dificuldade em respirar<\/li>\n<li>Batimento card\u00edaco irregular<\/li>\n<li>Pancadas no pesco\u00e7o, peito ou ouvidos<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A ocorr\u00eancia s\u00fabita de qualquer um destes sintomas justifica uma visita ao Southcoast Health, onde ser\u00e1 avaliado quanto \u00e0 press\u00e3o arterial elevada. Este tipo de cuidados pode ajud\u00e1-lo a evitar uma crise hipertensiva, que pode levar a um acidente vascular cerebral, ataque card\u00edaco ou insufici\u00eancia renal.<\/p>\n<h2>Complica\u00e7\u00f5es da hipertens\u00e3o<\/h2>\n<p>Como a hipertens\u00e3o exerce uma grande press\u00e3o sobre os vasos sangu\u00edneos, pode danific\u00e1-los, bem como os seus \u00f3rg\u00e3os internos. Algumas das complica\u00e7\u00f5es que podem surgir devido \u00e0 hipertens\u00e3o incluem:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ataque card\u00edaco ou acidente vascular cerebral -<\/strong> A tens\u00e3o arterial elevada pode levar ao espessamento ou endurecimento das art\u00e9rias (chamado aterosclerose). Isto pode causar um ataque card\u00edaco, um acidente vascular cerebral ou outras complica\u00e7\u00f5es.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aneurisma -<\/strong> O aumento da press\u00e3o arterial faz com que os vasos sangu\u00edneos se dilatem, originando um aneurisma. A rutura de um aneurisma pode ser fatal.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Insufici\u00eancia card\u00edaca<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Vasos sangu\u00edneos renais enfraquecidos e estreitados<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Perda de vis\u00e3o<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>S\u00edndrome metab\u00f3lica - <\/strong>Trata-se de um grupo de perturba\u00e7\u00f5es que afectam o metabolismo e que implicam um risco acrescido de acidente vascular cerebral, diabetes e doen\u00e7as card\u00edacas<\/li>\n<li><strong>Problemas de mem\u00f3ria\/dem\u00eancia<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Como a Southcoast Health trata a hipertens\u00e3o<\/h2>\n<p>O tratamento do que est\u00e1 a desencadear a hipertens\u00e3o secund\u00e1ria normalmente estabiliza a press\u00e3o arterial. No entanto, para a hipertens\u00e3o prim\u00e1ria, o principal tratamento que recomendamos s\u00e3o as altera\u00e7\u00f5es do estilo de vida. \u00c9 prov\u00e1vel que estas incluam exerc\u00edcio f\u00edsico regular, uma dieta pobre em sal e o facto de n\u00e3o fumar. Tamb\u00e9m podem ser prescritos um ou mais dos seguintes medicamentos:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ARBs (bloqueadores dos receptores da angiotensina II)<\/li>\n<li>Inibidores da ECA (enzima de convers\u00e3o da angiotensina)<\/li>\n<li>Bloqueadores alfa<\/li>\n<li>Bloqueadores beta<\/li>\n<li>Vasodilatadores<\/li>\n<li>Diur\u00e9ticos<\/li>\n<li>Bloqueadores dos canais de c\u00e1lcio<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Cuidados abrangentes de hipertens\u00e3o perto de si em Massachusetts e Rhode Island<\/h2>\n<p><em>Para as pessoas com hipertens\u00e3o, os cuidados adequados s\u00e3o a chave para uma sa\u00fade positiva a longo prazo. Na Southcoast Health, dedicamo-nos a tratar pacientes com hipertens\u00e3o. Trabalharemos consigo para determinar e, em seguida, tratar a causa da sua hipertens\u00e3o - os nossos m\u00e9dicos prestar\u00e3o cuidados especializados, independentemente do grau da sua tens\u00e3o arterial elevada. Para saber mais ou para encontrar um m\u00e9dico perto de si, por favor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/contact-us\/\">contactar-nos<\/a> hoje.<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hypertension Treatment in MA &amp; RI Hypertension affects millions of Americans, including those living in Southeastern MA and RI. 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