Blood Pressure A Silent Killer Disease

Hypertension is the medical term for high blood pressure. A normal blood pressure is 120/80. A blood pressure reading higher or equal to 140/90 is considered abnormally high. Elevated blood pressure means your heart is working harder than normal, putting both your heart and arteries under great strain. High blood pressure is serious business. Hypertension consists of two different categories; Primary hypertension and secondary hypertension. Primary hypertension is triggered by factors that are directly lifestyle related. Causes of primary hypertension are a decrease in physical activity, high consumption of salt in the diet, intake of processed and fatty foods, and tobacco and alcohol use. Secondary hypertension is usually followed by an existing disease. An example of secondary hypertension is a chronic kidney Hypertension is a term commonly used to describe chronically elevated high blood pressure. The two terms high blood pressure and hypertension can be usedinterchangeably though. There are two types of hypertension: essential and secondary. Essential hypertension is when there is no specific cause that can be identified to explain the existing heart condition. Secondary hypertension indicates that high blood pressure is an alert to number of conditions can cause secondary hypertension. These include: • Diabetes complications (diabetic nephropathy). Diabetes can damage your kidneys’ filtering system, which can lead to high blood pressure. • Polycystic kidney disease. In this inherited condition, cysts in your kidneys prevent the kidneys from working normally and can raise blood pressure. • Glomerular disease. Your kidneys filter waste and sodium using microscopic-sized filters called glomeruli Hypertension can be described as, the level of blood pressure reached when treatment is advantageous to an individual. Ideal blood pressure is seen to be between 90/60mmHg and 120/80mmHg1.
Within the population, it is described as normally disturbed People are not classified into subgroups of normotensive and hypertensive as many factors come into play there are two main types of hypertension and these are classified as primary (essential) and secondary. Essential hypertension is a condition in which there are no specific causes, genetics and environmental factors each play a significant role. When a specific cause can be found, the condition is called secondary hypertension. For example, these causes could be underlying renal or adrenal diseases .High blood pressure can directly or indirectly damage the kidneys, heart and brain. Some life-threatening conditions hypertension can lead to include heart disease, heart attacks, strokes, heart failure, peripheral arterial disease, aortic aneurysms, kidney disease and vascular dementia Strokes and cardiovascular diseases, account for more deaths than any other common medical Conditions it is very important that children or even adults have a reduction in the consumption of salt. “Elevated blood pressure in obese individuals is usually associated with a volume-dependent increase in stroke volume, sodium retention, and higher salt sensitivity, probably due to the combined effects of hyperinsulinemia, hyperaldosteronism, and increased activity of the sympathetic nervous system”. “When it comes to hyperinsulinemia it corresponds with the blood pressure when it is elevated” Salt is something that the industry needs to reduce in their products because people’s health is at risk. The food industry does whatever it can to get large amounts of salts in people’s bloodstreams. The way that they do this is by adding sodium into their products, they are like additives, there are a few different types of sodium, and all these different types of sodiums are added to the products. “The different types of sodiums are with names like sodium citrate, sodium phosphate, and sodium acid pyrophosphate, these compounds have become essential components in processed foods, making them look and taste attractive and last longer on the shelf”. This is why consumers need to pay attention to what they are purchasing. In conclusion, sodium is a mineral that needs to be reduced in consumption. Since heart disease like high blood pressure (hypertension) can be developed due to this mineral. High blood pressure as stated in the previous paragraphs is a heart disease that is very dangerous especially when the person does not control it. High blood pressure can affect anyone from any age, but mostly when a person is obese. Pursuing Bsc nursing at Deashbhaght University Mandigobindgard Punjab
(The author is Pursuing B.Sc Nursing at Deashbhaght university mandigobindgard Punjab . The views, opinions, facts, assumptions, presumptions and conclusions expressed in this article are those of the author but aren’t necessarily in accord with the views of “Kashmir Horizon”.)
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