Hypertension

The prevalence of hypertension increases with age, and older women outnumber older men, resulting in greater attributable risk (proportion of disease end points prevented if a risk factor could be controlled for hypertension in women than in men. With aging, there is a greater tendency for risk factors, such as hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, glucose intolerance, and abdominal obesity to cluster in women than in men, combining to escalate older women's risks. The proportions of older women are increasing in both the American public and primary care population. Since women tend to use preventive and primary health services more than men and to have higher levels of adherence to treatment regimens. The impact of hypertension control in women is potentially large.

Causes OR Risk Factors
Though, high blood pressure has no symptoms but high blood pressure is controllable. To control your blood pressure, you need to cooperate  with your doctor and follow the advice  to lose weight, use less salt, be physically active and limit alcohol intake might have to take medication every day, maybe for the rest of your life. A woman should know when she may be particularly at risk for this disease.

• When you're taking the Pill,
• When you're pregnant,
• When you're overweight,
• After menopause,
• Dark complexion,
• When you have a family history of high blood pressure.

Precautions
Women can control their hypertension by monitoring their blood pressure by strict observance of the following rules

• Refrain from smoking and eradicate the use of tobacco
• Becoming more active physically.
• Selecting foods low in salt and sodium.
• Limiting the alcohol intake
• Lose weight, in case you are overweight.
• If you’re under medication take them strictly as directed.

Treatment
Although early studies suggested that women with mild to moderate hypertension were less likely to benefit from antihypertensive therapy than men, there are several observations that indicated that this difference may not be real. In elderly women with isolated systolic hypertension, for example, the benefit from antihypertensive therapy is roughly equal to that of men.