What is a hypertensive crisis?
Cebu Mayor Tommy Osmena was recently hospitalized after he collapsed from a Hypertensive Crisis, according to the media. The word hypertensive is derived from the word hypertension (meaning high blood pressure). Hypertensive Crisis is a dramatic and dynamic situation where the blood pressure of a person drastically shoots up to a critically high level causing severe a headache, neck pains, dizziness, or even syncope (passing out). Sometimes, the tremendously high blood pressure could cause an artery in the brain to burst resulting in a stroke. How safe is heart bypass surgery? Coronary bypass surgery is a “routine” form of surgery nowadays in major hospitals around the world. The risk ranges between 1 to 4 percent, depending on the integrity of the ventricles (muscles) of the heart. If the muscles of the heart have been damaged or weakened by previous heart attack, leading to poor ejection power of this pumping organ, the risk proportionately goes higher to 5% or 10%, or even higher. I
