Hypertension in My Body

Hypertension and My Body

Hypertension is also known as high blood pressure. Hypertension is caused by various problems such as stress, poor diet (mainly an increase in sodium and caffeine), obesity, excessive alcohol usage, and smoking. Hypertension has been in my family for a while. Both of my grandfathers have high blood pressure and one of my grandmother’s also has high blood pressure. High blood pressure is a cause for strokes later in life. Usually strokes will occur to people who are in their 30’s or above. If high blood pressure is treated then the risk of a stroke will decrease. There are some things that can be done to prevent hypertension (high blood pressure) but there are also some things that I do that might lead to hypertension.

Being a freshman, I have a lot of stress in my life. There are so many things that have to be done: homework, sports activities, church activities, sorority events, and even personal stressors. I try to manage my time between some of those things but sometimes it is rather difficult. As of right now I do not think I have hypertension, but as I get older I fear that I will. Some signs of hypertension are frequent headaches as well as dizziness. I have been having headaches recently, so that could be a sign of hypertension.

In order to reduce the risk of me having hypertension there are plenty of things that I can do. I can try to relax more and attempt to reduce the amount of stress