Hypertension (High Blood Pressure) is an illness that millions of people of all sorts are affected by. Moreover, although stress and emotional tension can temporarily increase blood pressure; but it won’t be considered as high blood pressure. Hypertension usually is there with no symptoms. It may happen and remain unseen for many years. People, until told by a medical physician generally overlook high blood pressure. People are not aware of how hypertension affects the body, how it is measured, what
Hypertension, commonly known as high blood pressure, is more often found in males than in females as age increases then reverses around the age of 65. There is about 67 million of American adults that have high blood pressure, which is 31 percent, that comes down to one in every three American adults (High Blood Pressure Facts, CDC.com). Hypertension is the force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps blood. Blood pressure is determined by the amount of blood your
woman who was recently diagnosed with hypertension. Hypertension, also know as high blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the arteries as it flows through them. Arteries are the blood vessels that carry the oxygenated blood from the heart to the rest of the body’s tissues. One of the main reasons hypertension can be so dangerous is because you may not even know you’re suffering from it, in fact, nearly one-third of patients suffering from hypertension don’t even know that they have it
Recently, some diseases greatly spread that you do not even get surprised when you know that one of your friends or relatives is infected by one of them. The incidence of these diseases may be by hereditary or occurred due to some factors. The most known of them is abnormal blood pressure. Abnormal blood pressure is divided into two parts, high blood pressure and low blood pressure. High and low blood pressure share some similarities in some respects and differ in others. Blood pressure is the force
Hypertension 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-to-ten how much do you value yourself? Okay, now on the same scale what’s the quality of your health? Though these questions seem quite different, they are asking the same thing. In today’s world, many of us fail to look at the reality of our lives. How can one truly value himself, if they do not take the proper precautions to sustain their health - the largest factor of physical life? Making simple changes in specific areas of your health such as your fluid/water intake, as well as your blood pressure
Dietary Supplements Dietary supplements are very beneficial to one’s body if they are taken correctly. There are many pros and cons to taking dietary supplements. In this paper I will discuss the pros and cons and how supplements affect the human body. We will also consider the government’s guidelines regarding dietary supplements. Dietary supplements are elements you can eat or drink. A dietary supplement can be inorganic, vitamin, mineral, herbs, amino acids, and can contain all or parts
Title Hypertension - Case Study of treatments Acknowledgements I would like to take this opportunity to thank Peter Kamau for his support and information while conducting this research. Key- Words Hypertension, high blood pressure, type II diabetes sugar, salt, diet, cholesterol, obesity, weight loss, stroke Introduction According to Public Health England, high blood pressure also known as hypertension, affects one in four adults in England, and is the second biggest factor of premature death
preventable but still affect a lot of our population. The causes of these diseases continue to increase due to the inactive lifestyle we choose to live. The amounts of fattening and sugary food we consume have also increased the prevalence of these conditions. Furthermore, there are personal factors that can increase the chance of them occurring. The conditions associated with hypokinetic disease, the causes, and my personal risk to these conditions will be explored. Main Body One of the biggest
Hypertension is caused by lifestyle habits (Drinking, smoking, stress, nutrition, physical activity, weight) and predetermined factors (genetics, age, ethnicity/ race). Even if somebody is born with a higher risk of hypertension because of genetics or ethnicity it doesn’t mean that they are going to get it; this individual could develop lifestyle habits to prevent hypertension. Hypertension is a common cardiovascular disease (Hoeger, 2009, p. 334). Hypertension is also referred to as “high blood