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High blood pressure: where it all begins? |
| Date Added: February 21, 2010 06:32:51 AM |
| Author: jupliana788 |
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| Blood is carried around your body by the arteries. When the heart beats, it pushes blood through the arteries. In people who have healthy arteries, the blood flows through the arteries with little resistance. But in people whose arteries have constricted, the arteries resist the blood running through them. The heart has to work harder to direct the blood to the organs, and this is how hypertension occurs. Hypertension places a strain on your heart and results in damage to the arteries. This raises your risk for cardiac problems and kidney failure. High blood pressure is frequently called the "silent killer", since a lot of males and females are not even aware they have it. This is because the majority of people with hypertension have no symptoms. Blood pressure in a healthy adult is 120/80 or lower. High blood pressure is a reading 140/90 or higher. Several factors raise your risk of high blood pressure. Some you can be in control of, and some you cannot. The factors you cannot be in control of are: - Race. African Americans are said to develop high blood pressure more often and at an earlier age. Furthermore, severe cases of hypertension are more often observed in African Americans. - Age. Risk of hypertension increases with age. - Genetically determined hypertension. If you have got close relatives who have high blood pressure, you are at higher risk. Other factors that put you at risk for high blood pressure include • being overweight • not being active enough • heavy smoking • eating too much salt. Doctors strictly recommend that all grownups aged 18 and older be examined for high blood pressure. If you have high blood pressure, the following are some tips to help you reduce it. • Do not smoke cigarettes or use tobacco products. Nicotine leads to your blood vessels to narrower and your heart to beat quicker, which increases your blood pressure. • Lose weight if you are overweight. • Do physical exercises regularly for half an hour 5 or days a week. • Eat a healthy diet that contains lots of fresh fruits and veggies and is low in pure fat. • Cut down on alcohol and sodium. If lifestyle changes alone do not lower your blood pressure, your general practitioner may furthermore prescribe antihypertensive medicines to treat your high blood pressure. The goal is to lower blood pressure to normal levels with medicines that are easy to take and have fewer adverse side effects. |
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