preview

The Chronic Conditions: Breast Cancer and High Blood Pressure

Open Document
A few of the chronic health conditions that occur in my family are breast cancer and high blood pressure. My great grandmother was diagnosed with breast cancer later in her life, this was a while ago so she did not receive the type of treatment needed. One reason being that in that time period you needed to catch it early on for them to do much with it, and the second reason being that she caught it too late. Breast Cancer is not something that she overcame, since her diagnosis no one else in the family has been diagnosed. My grandmother is getting close to the age where most women are diagnosed but it is not something that has occurred since then. High blood pressure, on the other hand, is something very common in my family. My dad, both grandfathers, and both great grandfathers either currently have or have had high blood pressure. I will be talking about statistics, preventive tactics, exercises, and environmental effects of both breast cancer and high blood pressure.
I have been aware that my great grandmother had breast cancer but until I started researching for this paper I didn’t really understand what exactly breast cancer was. I know it is bad and if left untreated or caught too late it is very fatal, I am really into a show called "Parenthood" and one of the characters is diagnosed. This show is so well produced that it brings you into it, I feel like I am part of the family. The character's name is Kristina, and she's a mom of three. She is in her late thirties to early forties when she has her last child and shortly after the baby is born she goes in for a mammogram and it turns out to be not what she expected. Breast cancer is not something that you know is there, it comes out of nowhere and it is not pai...

... middle of paper ...

....gov. Retrieved March 31, 2014, from www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/understandingcancer/environment/AllPages.
N.A. Breast Cancer: Predicting Individual Risk. Mayo.edu. Retrieved March 31, 2014, from www.mayo.edu/research/discoverys-edge/breast-cancer-predicting-individual-risk.
N.A. Environmental Links to Breast Cancer. BreastCancerAction.org. Retrieved March 31, 2014, from www.bcation.org/our-take-on-breast-cancer/envornment/.
N.A. Breast Cancer Awareness: Prevention is the Key. NationalInstituteofEnvironmentalHealthSciences.gov. Retrieved March 31, 2014, from www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/conditions/breast-cancer/.
Young, S. (2011, December). Report: Certain environmental exposures can increase breast cancer risk. CNNHealth.com. Retrieved March 31, 2014, from www.thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/07/iom-certain-environmental-exposures-can-increase-breast-cancer-risk/.
Get Access
Related

  • Overview of Breast Cancer

    1019 Words  | 5 Pages

    "Breast Cancer Prevention: How to reduce your risk." Mayo Clinic. Mayo Clinic, n.d. Web. 9 Feb. 2014. .

    Read More

  • Breast Cancer- Leading Cause of Death

    1442 Words  | 6 Pages

    BRCA1 and BRCA2: Cancer Risk and Genetic Testing. National Cancer Institute, 22 Jan. 2014. Web. 16 May 2014. "Breast Cancer."

    Read More

  • Breast Cancer Awareness

    1410 Words  | 6 Pages

    Retrieved from Infotrac Health & Wellness Resource Center KRT Interactive Hot Topics. (1999, October 12). Treating Breast Cancer . Retrieved from Elibrary Michaud, L. B. (May 15, 2008).

    Read More

  • Environmental Causes of Breast Cancer

    1335 Words  | 6 Pages

    eLibrary. Web. 16 Jan. 2014. Gray, Janet., Evans, Nacy., Taylor, Brynn., Rizzo, Jeanne RN., Walker, Marisa..“State of the Evidence: The Connection Between Breast Cancer and the Environment.” International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health. 1(2009):43. eLibrary.

    Read More

  • Breast Cancer

    962 Words  | 4 Pages

    Gale Student Resources In Context. Web. 20 Jan. 2012. Meister, Kathleen, and John Morgan. "Risk Factors for Breast Cancer."

    Read More

  • Breast Cancer; Saving the Girls

    966 Words  | 4 Pages

    25 Jan. 2014. . "What are the key statistics about breast cancer?" Cancer. American Cancer Society, n.d. Web.

    Read More

  • One of the Most Well-Known Cancers in Today's Society, Breast Cancer

    1313 Words  | 6 Pages

    Retrieved May 13, 2014, from http://cancer.stanford.edu/information/cancerTreatment/methods/hormone.html Cancer Research UK. (2012, October 24). Biological therapy for breast cancer. Retrieved May 13, 2014, from http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-help/type/breast-cancer/treatment/biological-therapy-for-breast-cancer Cleveland Clinic. (2014, January 1).

    Read More

  • Facts and Statistics of People with Breast Cancer

    791 Words  | 4 Pages

    (n.d.). What are the risk factors for breast cancer?. Retrieved March 24, 2014, from http://www.cancer.org/cancer/breastcancer/overviewguide/breast-cancer-overview-what-causes

    Read More

  • Research Paper on Breast Cancer

    1438 Words  | 6 Pages

    Treating Breast Cancer . Retrieved from Elibrary Michaud, L. B. (May 15, 2008). Treatment-experienced breast cancer. (SYMPOSIUM)(Clinical report).American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 65, 10. p.S4(6).

    Read More

  • Probability of a Breast Cancer Patient Undergoing More than one Surgery

    1482 Words  | 6 Pages

    "Surgery to Reduce the Risk of Breast Cancer Fact Sheet - National Cancer Institute." National Cancer Institute. National Institutes of Health. Web. 06 Jan. 2014. .

    Read More

More about The Chronic Conditions: Breast Cancer and High Blood Pressure

Get Access