In today's society high blood pressure is a major problem, many people do not realize that they are dealing with it.Unfortunately, there are no symptoms to warn you that your blood pressure is high, but there are many causes and ways to prevent high blood pressure. Some of the reprocussions of high blood pressure would be heart disease, stroke, and kidney disease. People would even consider it as a "silent killer". A person does not know they have high blood pressure until it gets bad, then there is nothing to do about it. That is why it would be reffered to as a silent killer. When your heart beats, it squeezes blood through your arteries, blood that exerts pressure against the walls of your arteries; between beats, your heart rests . Blood pressure is the amount of force exerted against the walls of your arteries when your heart beats, and the amount of force exerted when your heart rests. The common form of high blood pressure is a result of hardening of the arteries. The main causes of high blood pressure consist of a person's weight, bad habits, and stress.
Acorrding to "What is High Blood Pressure", carrying too much weight around can be life threatening. Being overweight is a major risk factor in developing high blood pressure(1). Not getting enough exercise throughout your life can cause many negative things. It can also put you at risk for high blood pressure. Loosing weight is shown to make a big difference when trying to avoid high blood pressure. A little bit of weight loss can have a huge effect on the medication needs of someone with high blood pressure(Chilliot1). One of the major causes of high blood pressure would be poor nutrition. A diet high in fat can increase your risk for high blood pressure as well. The ...
... middle of paper ...
...ing to many consequeces for the outcome. For some people being stressed leads to smoking tobacco or drinking alcohol and that also raises blood pressure("Effects of Stress"1).
Overall, high blood pressure is major problem that many Americans face in today's society. A "normal" blood pressure is not a single number, but a range. A normal blood pressure is 139/89 and lower. So if yours is lower than 140/90, make plans to keep it there. If your blood pressure is higher than 140/90 mm Hg, it is important to talk to your doctor about ways you can lower it("High Blood Pressure"1). The main causes of high blood pressure are weight, poor habits, and stress. Lifestyle differences, environment,and poorer access to quality health care are also factors. In conclusion, high blood pressure is a chain reaction. It starts out as a silent killer and ends with many health problems.
How does this history of high blood pressure demonstrate the problem description and etiology components of the P.E.R.I.E. process? What different types of studies were used to establish etiology or contributory cause?
Also, nurses and single parents with a life changing medical condition need to read this memo because it shows how various stressors impact health outcome and leads to poor health. According to Denollet, J., et al. (2010), suggest stress leads to high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity, cancer and heart diseases. The stress of not being able to get child care services for her two children has significant contributed to her illness.
High Blood Pressure is anything that alters in peripheral vascular resistance, heart rate, or stroke volume that affects systematic arterial blood pressure. Long term effect of high blood pressure are serious and can cause heart attacks, strokes, kidney failure, and retinal damage. Hypertension is another medical word that substitutes the meaning of high blood pressure. It is known as the “silent killer” because it does not create any symptoms. The most common reason for high blood pressure is arteriosclerosis. Arteriosclerosis is the thickening and hardening of the walls of the arteries, occurring in old age. Four control systems have a job in maintaining blood pressure. These are the arterial baroreceptor and chemoreceptors’ system, regulation of body fluid volume, the renin- angiotensin system, and vascular autoregulation. Primary hypertension mostly occurs from a defect or malfunction in some or all of these
Blood pressure is a measurement of the force against the walls of your arteries as your heart pumps blood through your body. Hypertension is another term used to describe high blood pressure. This common condition increases the risk for heart disease and stroke, two leading causes of death for Americans. High blood pressure contributed to more than 362,895 deaths in the United States during 2010. Approximately 67 million persons in the United States have high blood pressure, and only half of those have their condition under control. An estimated 46,000 deaths could be avoided annually if 70% of patients with high blood pressure were treated according to published guidelines (Patel, Datu, Roman, Barton, Ritchey, Wall, Loustalot; 2014).
Hypertension is deadly and it is a silent killer, if not detected on time, it can cause severe complications to major organs in the body.
Hypertension is considered a “silent killer” as it may not exhibit obvious signs and symptoms while it is slowly damaging the organs or causing several illnesses, such as damage to the renal arteries (renal artery stenosis), stroke, retinopathy, cardiac arrthymias, coronary artery disease and heart failure.
Blood pressure, also called hypertension, is the force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries.
Hypertension is also known as high blood pressure about 25% of all adults have high blood pressure, normal blood pressure in an adult is measure is less than 120/80 the top number is known as systolic and the bottom diastolic any reading above this is known as hypertension. If the blood pressure is regularly high this can damage to the blood vessels kidney, heart and other parts of the body which can result in a stroke or heart attack, causes of high blood pressure may be more than one thing for example too much salt in a person’s diet, being overweight, not eating enough fruits and vegetables and other life factors like stress. It is known that doctors are not too sure of the causes but the lifestyle of a person can have an effect. As you get older you’re more at risk of getting high blood pressure (hypertension), but taking part in exercise can help reduce your changes and control your blood pressure if you have already been diagnosed with high blood pressure. Read in blood pressure “the American heart association estimates that a third of adults have a high blood pressure and that in America high blood pressure killed over 55,000 people in 2005 alone” (Davis,2013)
Stress means different things to different people and stress effects people in different ways. Some people think stress is something that happens to them such as an injury or a promotion and others think that stress is what happens to our mind, body and behaviors in response to an event. While stress does involve events and how one responds to them these are not the critical factors, but our thoughts about the situation in which we are involved are the critical factors. Essentially, stress exists whenever homeostasis is disturbed or cannot be maintained (Stress and the Social System Course Guide, 2013). Homeostasis refers to the body's ability to keep the internal chemical and physical environments constant. As your body begins to react to stress several changes occur. These changes include increased heart rate, blood pressure and secretion of stimulatory hormones. Ones body prepares itself in stressful situations to either stand ground and fight or to flee from the situation. Walter Cannon called this stressful reaction the fight-or-flight response (Greenberg, 2012).
High blood pressure (hypertension) is a major health condition which affects many Americans. This health condition may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke. A normal blood pressure consists of systolic blood pressure divided by diastolic blood pressure, 120/80mmHg (millimeters of mercury). High blood pressure is defined as systolic pressure which is greater than 140mm Hg, and diastolic pressure which is over 90mm Hg. Hypertension influences the health outcomes of black Americans more than other races in the United States. Racial discrimination and socioeconomic status are two major factors which influence the rate of high blood pressure in the black American population.
Blood pressure is measured by two pressures; the systolic and diastolic. The systolic pressure, the top number, is the pressure in the arteries when the heart contracts. The diastolic pressure, the bottom number, measures the pressure between heartbeats. A normal blood pressure is when the systolic pressure is less than 120mmHg and Diastolic pressure is less than 80mmHg. Hypertension is diagnosed when the systolic pressure is greater than 140mmHg and the diastolic pressure is greater than 90mmHg. The physician may also ask about medical history, family history, life style habits, and medication use that could also contribute to hypertension
The tendency to build up high cholesterol may run in families, but extremely high levels are usually the result of a poor diet high in saturated fats and calories, along with little or no exercise. In some cases, high levels of cholesterol may be associated with undiagnosed medical symptoms such as diabetes or low thyroid function. According to the American Heart Association, there would eventually be a 50 percent lower rate of heart disease if Americans would lower their blood cholesterol levels by 25 percent. These statements find confirmation in a 1984 report done by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institution on the results of a 10 year study. It showed that for every 1 percent of lowered cholesterol, the chances of a heart attack are lowered by 2 percent.
Dictionary.com refers to stress as “physical, mental, or emotional strain or tension.” Many executives in the United States feel stressed on a daily basis, which brings adverse health effects. “A survey of more than 1,300 HR managers has found that 44% report that their level of stress has increased in the last six months” (Higginbottom). The physical effects of stress include “myocardial infarction, high blood pressure, ulcers, headache, neck and back pain, skin rashes and low resistance to infections” (Mental). The three most deadly effects from these are myocardial infarction, also known as a heart attack (Myocardial), high blood pressure, and ulcers.
Stress is the combination of psychological, physiological, and behavioral reactions that people have in response to events that threaten or challenge them. Stress can be good or bad. Sometimes, stress is helpful, providing people with the extra energy or alertness they need. Stress could give a runner the edge he or she needs to persevere in a marathon, for example. This good kind of stress is called eustress. Unfortunately, stress is often not helpful and can even be harmful when not managed effectively. Stress could make a salesperson buckle under the pressure while trying to make a sales pitch at an important business meeting, for example. Moreover, stress can increase the risk of developing health problems, such as cardiovascular disease and anxiety disorders. This bad kind of stress is called distress, the kind of stress that people usually are referring to when they use the word stress.
Hypertension: this occurs under high stress levels and increase the body’s risk of having a stroke, heart attack or kidney failure. The burnout phase of stress can contribute to a permanent high blood pressure.