Hypertension A.K.A. High Blood Pressure I picked High Blood Pressure also known as Hypertension for my disease for this assignment. The main reason is because it seems everyone around me has high blood pressure. A coworker has high blood pressure and did not take his medications and ended up having a really bad stroke. I didn’t realize until that happened that it could be as serious as a stroke to people. My husband has high blood pressure and I am on him all the time about taking his medicine. It runs in my family as well, my great-grandmother, my grandmother, and my mom have passed it down. All of them have told me that it started around their thirties. I am almost 33 years old and so far do not have it. They all smoked in their thirties
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When the blood flows through vessels at a high rate of pressure for too long causes high blood pressure or hypertension. The vessel walls become damaged over time when these levels of pressure stay so high. Serious health problems can arise when these vessels are damaged. Blood pressure levels of 140 over 90 or higher is considered unhealthy. At one-time hypertension was actually an untreatable condition and considered a serious illness. In ancient Chinese and Indian medicine, they would actually feel a person’s pulse to get an idea of what type of condition a person’s heart was in. If what was called a “hard pulse” was felt, that was usually a sign of hypertension. It wasn’t until 1971, that it was established that treating diastolic hypertension decreased cases of stroke and heart failure and literally improved death rates. Hypertension has been deemed the "silent killer" because a lot of the time there is no symptoms shown. Usually, people do not know they have high blood pressure until they have it checked. There have been myths and misconceptions that people can feel nervous, sweaty, have facial flushing or difficulty sleeping when their blood pressure was high. This is just not the case. If blood pressure is ignored because you think symptoms will arise you’re playing a very dangerous game with your …show more content…
The American Heart Association’s website lists eight ways to control your blood pressure: eat a better diet (reducing salt), enjoy regular physical activity, maintain a healthy weight, manage stress, avoid tobacco use, take medications prescribed, limit alcohol, understand hot tub safety. Prescription medications could be avoided if you follow these changes to reduce your blood pressure. You also lower your risk of heart disease, heart attack, stroke and kidney disease by managing your blood pressure. If you are prescribed medications for hypertension, you must take
When the blood flows through vessels at a high rate of pressure for too long causes high blood pressure or hypertension. The vessel walls become damaged over time when these levels of pressure stay so high. Serious health problems can arise when these vessels are damaged. Blood pressure levels of 140 over 90 or higher is considered unhealthy. At one-time hypertension was actually an untreatable condition and considered a serious illness. In ancient Chinese and Indian medicine, they would actually feel a person’s pulse to get an idea of what type of condition a person’s heart was in. If what was called a “hard pulse” was felt, that was usually a sign of hypertension. It wasn’t until 1971, that it was established that treating diastolic hypertension decreased cases of stroke and heart failure and literally improved death rates. Hypertension has been deemed the "silent killer" because a lot of the time there is no symptoms shown. Usually, people do not know they have high blood pressure until they have it checked. There have been myths and misconceptions that people can feel nervous, sweaty, have facial flushing or difficulty sleeping when their blood pressure was high. This is just not the case. If blood pressure is ignored because you think symptoms will arise you’re playing a very dangerous game with your …show more content…
The American Heart Association’s website lists eight ways to control your blood pressure: eat a better diet (reducing salt), enjoy regular physical activity, maintain a healthy weight, manage stress, avoid tobacco use, take medications prescribed, limit alcohol, understand hot tub safety. Prescription medications could be avoided if you follow these changes to reduce your blood pressure. You also lower your risk of heart disease, heart attack, stroke and kidney disease by managing your blood pressure. If you are prescribed medications for hypertension, you must take