1. Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing through the body into the arteries. Hypertension is high blood pressure. This is because there is an overwhelming pressure of blood that flows through the artery wall.
2. There are various things that can affect the resting blood pressure due to the fact blood pressure is constantly changing minute by minute in response to mood, activity, body position, etc. Factors that can change or affect your resting blood pressure reading include caffeine intake before the reading, stress, or even the simple mistake of the doctor using the wrong blood pressure cuff. Other factors such as the patient not being relaxed and rested 3-5 minutes before the reading is taken or not properly being seated when …show more content…
There are various risk factors for developing hypertension. Some risk factors include age, race, and family history, being overweight or obese, physical inactivity, and smoking. In order to avoid this it is important for people to understand an manage their lifestyle with heart healthier habits. Despite the fact you cannot change some risk factors such as family history, advanced age, or gender you can control lack of physical activity or poor diet especially one high in salt. Being obese or overweight because the more you weight the more blood you need to supply your muscles and because there is more blood flowing through the body the higher the pressure of blood will be as well to compensate. Being a smoker may cause hypertension because during the act of smoking your blood pressure is temporarily high. Not only does smoking affect your lungs but it affects the lining of your artery walls which means your arteries will become more narrow and it will be harder for blood to pump through and the accumulating blood will cause high BP. Although it is more common for adults to have high blood pressure children may be at risk too. If hypertension is consistently high this can also lead to other problems and if left untreated can cause a stoke or heart
2. There are various things that can affect the resting blood pressure due to the fact blood pressure is constantly changing minute by minute in response to mood, activity, body position, etc. Factors that can change or affect your resting blood pressure reading include caffeine intake before the reading, stress, or even the simple mistake of the doctor using the wrong blood pressure cuff. Other factors such as the patient not being relaxed and rested 3-5 minutes before the reading is taken or not properly being seated when …show more content…
There are various risk factors for developing hypertension. Some risk factors include age, race, and family history, being overweight or obese, physical inactivity, and smoking. In order to avoid this it is important for people to understand an manage their lifestyle with heart healthier habits. Despite the fact you cannot change some risk factors such as family history, advanced age, or gender you can control lack of physical activity or poor diet especially one high in salt. Being obese or overweight because the more you weight the more blood you need to supply your muscles and because there is more blood flowing through the body the higher the pressure of blood will be as well to compensate. Being a smoker may cause hypertension because during the act of smoking your blood pressure is temporarily high. Not only does smoking affect your lungs but it affects the lining of your artery walls which means your arteries will become more narrow and it will be harder for blood to pump through and the accumulating blood will cause high BP. Although it is more common for adults to have high blood pressure children may be at risk too. If hypertension is consistently high this can also lead to other problems and if left untreated can cause a stoke or heart