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Initially, I didn’t realized that hypertension is related to
family history.
When my dad had hypertension which lead to high
blood pressure because he didn’t take note of his
symptoms, he was surprised that his two sisters and
mom had hypertension too.
Indeed, whether the future generation of our family will
develop hypertension or not, family history plays a HUGE
role in determining it.
On contrary, we could avoid the history from repeating
itself again if we had taken crucial steps in preventing
hypertension and understanding the risk factors, what
are the causes and how to prevent them.
The Risk Factors
1. Obesity
The most common disease that prevail among the young
teens and adults.
Obesity plays a huge part when the body becomes
greater in size and flabby fats on the waistline.
That’s not it. Your heart and muscles required more
blood supply to deliver sufficient oxygen and nutrients to
the whole body system and tissues.
The blood vessels which are thicken with fat cells, it
decreases the blood flow by increasing the blood
resistance to travel through the congested vessels.
High blood pressure developed when the resistance
increased dramatically.
Hence, the heart is working hard while the blood that
supplies oxygen is moving in slowly.
2. Age.
Nowadays, high blood pressure is easily contracted by the young adults and middle age working people, regardless of sex gender.
Women in the age of sixty or older are prone to have this disease.
It is wise to take a regular blood pressure checkup at
home or at the hospital to ensure that your blood
pressure reading is consistent.
It is the most painless and simple way to know whether
you are at risk of hypertension or not.
3. Sedentary lifestyle.
Couch potatoes are prone to have a higher heart rating
than normal people.
This is because their heart muscles are not flexible, had
to pump harder to push in blood into it.
Dad knows that he had to do some light household
chores, gardening and walking to the nearby grocery
shop to help him get fit and healthy.
Sedentary behavior for a long period of time increases
the risk of deteriorating the heart muscles and the
whole body system too.
A simple exercise of 20 minutes per day, helps to
dilates the blood vessels which in return increases the
blood flow to the heart.
Physical activity such as brisk walking, Tai-qi, stretching
and gardening are the ways to prevent hypertension.
Remember that lack of physical activities and overweight
problems will increase your hypertension chances to
occur.
4. Reduce sodium intake.
We all know that sodium and salt are one of the risk
factors for hypertension.
Hence, my dad had been taking precautions on his food
seasonings.
Fast food, processed food and pre-manufactured food
are highly contained of sodium and MSG which are not
under your control.
It is known that excess salt intake increases the sodium
in the blood vessels which increases the blood pressure.
It is important to decrease your sodium intake, replaced
it with other seasoning such as sauces and dried herbs.
5. Reduce Stress.
Unknowingly, my dad didn’t realized that worrying over
problems had increased his blood pressure and racing
heart beat.
According to the doctor in charge, he had advised dad to
reduce stress on himself.
Stress increased the production of harmful substances
that increases the heart beating.
With the irregular heartbeat and emotional control that
he can’t handle properly, stress that caused his high
blood pressure to surge up.
Everyone has stress, even kids have stress.
The point is to relax and don’t think too much over the
problem because you may cause yourself in pain and
misery with your hypertension.
Dad said “ Relax and be happy. Don’t think about those
problem”
Now, he is coping well with hypertension.
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I do think that we need to take all the consideration for being hypertensive. As you have said, it runs in the bloodline. Hypertension can be acquired due to our lifestyle. Our lifestyle can be modifiable to refrain from hypertension. However, aging process can still be the factor for having such health condition. We just need to consult a doctor and take the necessary precautions.
As with so many illnesses, family history does play a big role. I'm glad you're learning how to manage the disease!
With high pretension I believe it is in the family but one can avoid it at the early stages of life by doing exercises, eating healthy and having regular checks with him doctor if you know a family member suffers from it. In old age it seems like it comes with age, people develop hypertension for various reasons, it could be bad eating habits or stress and such like things but again it can be controlled with medication.
Hypertension is a common problem of the modern age and every man and woman fall prey to this mysterious disease and upsets human minds anon within seconds at home and out of home. I think it is curable disease if we care for it properly.
Hypertension is a major risk factor for stroke (ischaemic and haemorrhagic), myocardial infarction, heart failure, chronic kidney disease, peripheral vasculardisease, cognitive decline and premature death. Untreated hypertension is associated a progressive rise in blood pressure, often culminating in a treatment resistant state due to associated vascular and renal damage.
Blood pressure is quantified as diastolic and systolic pressures measured in millimetres of mercury (mmHg). The diastolic pressure represents the pressure during ventricular relaxation in diastole whereas the systolic pressure represents the peak pressure due to ventricular contraction during systole. Either or both pressures have specified upper limits of normal and elevation in either or both pressures are used to define hypertension.
Blood pressure is normally distributed in the population and there is no natural cut-point above which “hypertension” definitively exists and below which, it does not. Epidemiological studies demonstrate that the aforementioned disease risk associated with blood pressure is a continuous relationship and above blood pressures of 115/70mmHg, the risk of cardiovascular events doubles for every 20/10mmHg rise in blood pressure.
The threshold blood pressure determining the presence of hypertension is defined as the level of blood pressure above which treatment has been shown to reduce the development or progression of disease. Primary hypertension was previously termed “essential hypertension” because of a long-standing view that high blood pressure was sometimes “essential” to perfuse diseased and sclerotic arteries.
It is now recognised that the diseased and sclerotic arteries were most often the consequence of the hypertension and thus the term “essential hypertension” is redundant and the “primary hypertension” is preferred.
Primary hypertension refers to the majority of people with sustained high blood pressure (approximately 90%) encountered in clinical practice, for which there is no obvious, identifiable cause. The remaining 10% are termed “secondary hypertension” for which specific causes for the blood pressure elevation can be determined (for example, Conn’s adenoma, renovascular disease, or phaeochromocytoma).
Primary hypertension is remarkably common in the UK population and the prevalence is strongly influenced by age and lifestyle factors. Systolic and/or diastolic blood pressures may be elevated. Systolic pressure elevation is the more dominant feature of hypertension in older patients and diastolic pressure more commonly elevated in younger patients, (those less than 50 years of age).
At least one quarter of the adult population of the UK have hypertension, (blood pressure ≥140/90mmHg) and more than half of those over the age of 60 years. As the demographics of the UK shifts towards an older, more sedentary and obese population, the prevalence of hypertension and its requirement for treatment will continue to rise.