Hypertension

Manish Singh

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Prof. Landers

Hypertension

“Blood Pressure is the force of blood against the wall of the arteries. Systolic pressure is the pressure as the heart beats. Diastolic pressure is the pressure while the heart is at rest. Blood Pressure is written systolic over diastolic. For example, 110/75, 110 is the systolic pressure and 75 is the diastolic pressure. Hypertension is another term for High Blood Pressure. High Blood Pressure is diagnosed as a measure of 140/90 on three separate occasions. High Blood Pressure makes the heart work too hard, it can make the walls of arteries harden, and it is a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke. High Blood Pressure has many complications such as heart failure, kidney disease, and blindness.

Anyone can develop high blood pressure. Those who are especially at risk are African Americans, older adults >60, overweight individuals. A major part of both preventing and treating hypertension is lifestyle modification. Some guidelines are adopting a healthy lifestyle, following a healthy eating patter, maintaining a healthy weight, being physically active, limiting alcohol, and quitting smoking. nd those who have "high normal" blood pressures. mm Hg” (Human Environmental Sciences Extension).

“Over 100,00 people in worldwide suffer pulmonary hypertension, a disease that has no cure. Patients with pulmonary hypertension suffer from dangerously high pressure in the blood vessels that lead from the heart to the lungs. Pulmonary hypertension (“PH”) is a rare blood vessel disorder of the lung in which the pressure in the pulmonary artery (the blood vessel that leads from the heart to the lungs) rises above normal levels and may become life threatening. Symptoms of pulmonary hypertension include shortness of breath and minimal exertion, fatigue, chest pain, dizzy spells and fainting. When pulmonary hypertension occurs in the absence of a known cause, it is referred to as primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH). There are likely many unknown causes of PPH. PPH is extremely rare, occurring in about