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It is important to have regular blood pressure readings taken and to know your numbers, because high blood pressure usually does not cause symptoms until serious complications occur. Undiagnosed or uncontrolled high blood pressure can cause complications such as chronic kidney disease, heart attack, heart failure, stroke, and possibly vascular dementia.

La actividad física regular puede ayudarlo a perder el exceso de peso; mejorar el estado físico; disminuir muchos factores de riesgo de enfermedades cardíacas, como los niveles de colesterol LDL "malo", aumentar los niveles de colesterol HDL "bueno" y controlar la presión arterial alta; reducir el estrés y mejorar su salud mental; y reducir el riesgo de otras afecciones, como la diabetes tipo 2, la depresión y el cáncer. Incluso las cantidades moderadas de actividad física son buenas para su salud.

Los signos y los síntomas de una neumonía pueden ser leves o graves. Los niños pequeños, los adultos mayores y las personas que tienen afecciones de salud graves corren el riesgo de desarrollar una neumonía más grave o complicaciones que pueden resultar mortales.

Desequilibrios energéticos, algunas afecciones genéticas o endocrinas y ciertos medicamentos producen sobrepeso y obesidad.

If you have been diagnosed with insomnia, follow your treatment plan and make healthy lifestyle and sleep changes. The following steps can help prevent your insomnia from returning or getting worse.

A blood and bone marrow transplant is currently the only cure for some patients who have sickle cell disease. After early diagnosis, your doctor may recommend medicines or transfusions to manage complications, including chronic pain. Babies who have sickle cell disease may see a hematologist, a doctor who specializes in blood diseases such as sickle cell disease.

Your risk of pneumonia may be higher because of your age, environment, lifestyle habits, and other medical conditions.

Para detectar la anemia por deficiencia de hierro, el médico puede solicitar un análisis de sangre llamado hemograma completo (CBC). La prevención de la anemia por deficiencia de hierro incluye consumir suficiente hierro y controlar otras afecciones médicas que son factores de riesgo para este tipo de anemia.

Age, family history and genetics, lifestyle, heart disease or other medical conditions, race, sex, and a history of surgery can all raise your risk of developing the structural and electrical anomalies that cause atrial fibrillation. Even in a healthy heart, a fast or slow heart rate—from exercising or sleeping, for example—can trigger atrial fibrillation.

Your doctor may diagnose a pleural disorder based on your medical history, a physical exam, and diagnostic tests and procedures. Before diagnosing you with a pleural disorder, your doctor will rule out other medical reasons or conditions that may be causing your signs and symptoms.