About Hypertension

orange asked:


i used to masturbate 6 years ago, and i’m suffering from hypertension . i’m 22 years old.

Sarah

Jason Rickard asked:


Hypertension is synonymous to high blood pressure. If you are diagnosed with hypertension, you had better take it seriously as your life can be put in risk. Hypertension can even lead to chronic renal failure. It also poses some great risks to people prone to heart attacks, heart problems and strokes.

Most people believe that hypertension is a medical condition that is limited to adults. This is not always the case. It may not be a common ailment in kids and teens, but still it is not impossible. It would be advisable to bring your kids to the doctor for occasional blood pressure test as often as you can.

High blood pressure in teens may be relatively low compared to the reading considered as high in adults. For teens below 18 years of age, a person having a blood pressure that is higher than 95% of teens of their age, gender and height is considered to have hypertension. As these kids grow older, they are projected to have blood pressure readings thrice as high as an average person.

Hypertension can be rooted from kidney malfunctions, aorta troubles and hormonal problems. High blood pressure can also be genetically passed on to children. If your family have a history of hypertension, it is only sensible to check on your kids’ blood pressure. It advisable that older kids get their blood pressure checked every two years at a minimum and kids who are overweight are in greater risk of having hypertension. This is why it is important, even at a young age, to exercise everyday to shed off some pounds.

For teenagers, taking prohibited drugs and alcohol can also increase the risk of hypertension. Birth control pills are also found to increase blood pressure in teens.

Parents play a vital role in creating awareness of the possibility of hypertension in teens. It is their responsibility to ensure that their kids have a proper diet and regular exercise. Steering them away from vices like alcohol and drugs would not only keep them away from hypertension, but would help them live a better and healthier life.

Derrick

james sameul asked:


 
A blood pressure of 140/90 or higher is considered high blood pressure. Both numbers are important. If one or both numbers are usually high, you have high blood pressure. If you are being treated for high blood pressure, you still have high blood pressure even if you have repeated readings in the normal range.
Causes
About 90% to 95% of hypertension cases, called primary, or essential hypertension, have no known cause. Primary hypertension may be influenced by factors such as genetic makeup, weight, or salt intake. Research is underway to learn more about the role that genes play in hypertension, as well as to explore the association between hypertension and factors such as obesity, low birth weight, and low levels of nitric oxide. Nitric oxide is a molecule that affects the smooth muscle cells that line blood vessels. People with low levels of nitric oxide have been found to have high blood pressure; especially African-Americans with low levels of the molecule.
Family Ties to PPH
Studies show that at least 15 to 20% of patients with primary pulmonary hypertension have an inherited form of the disease. It is unclear whether it is a sporadic gene defect in these families.
Two main types of hypertension are recognized. By far the most common is Essential Hypertension, sometimes called Primary Hypertension. This is hypertension in which there is no identifiable cause. Ninety five percent of all persons living with hypertension have essential hypertension. Although researchers have been unable to pinpoint its specific causes, several risk factors definitely increase an individual’s chance of developing essential hypertension.
Changes in the arteries can complicate the problem. Normally the arteries are rather springy; in addition to expanding and contracting in rhythm with the heart, they adjust themselves to the volume of the blood and to other conditions within the body, stretching or tightening up as necessary to raise, lower, or maintain blood pressure. Various factors — stress, for instance — as well as diet, heredity, lifestyle, and aging, have a detrimental effect on the arteries. They become less elastic and thus less able to adjust to changes in the body; and they tend to become coated with arterial cholesterol plaque, a fatty deposit that clogs them, just as deposits in your house’s pipes can cause your sink to back up.

In most people, the causes of hypertension (also known as high blood pressure) are not known. This type of high blood pressure is called primary, or essential, hypertension. In some people, the cause of hypertension is the result of another medical problem or medication. When the causes of hypertension are known, the condition is referred to as secondary hypertension.
Approximately 30% of cases of essential hypertension are attributable to genetic factors. For example, in the United States, the incidence of high blood pressure is greater among African Americans than among Caucasians or Asians. Also, in individuals who have one or two parents with hypertension, high blood pressure is twice as common as in the general population. Rarely, certain unusual genetic disorders affecting the hormones of the adrenal glands may lead to hypertension.

Michele

shirley H asked:


Anemia and hypertension usually go along with renal insufficiency. If you are having antihypertensive medication it should be one of the ones that a) protect the kidney and b) prevent/reverse cardiac remodelling. The ACE inhibitors and angiotensin II antagonists have shown these effects where other antihypertensive drugs have not.

Roland

Lapa R asked:


After taking alcoholone may lose the good sexual performance, and say if one is’nt diabetic, what could this have resulted from?

Brandon

alyssa r asked:


55 year old jack has been suffering from hypertension for 10 years. Over the last 3 years he has developed episodes of squeezing and crushing chest pain but subsides with rest. He complains of tiredness, poor effort tolerance, becomes breathless when he walks long distances and at night. He has swelling around his ankles that get worse at night but disappears over night. He has rheumatism and the pain gets worse in the afternoon and night. he has smoked for 25 years but quite 3 years ago. His father died of a heart attack and his mother suffered from a mild stroke 5 years ago. She also suffers from high blood pressure. Suggest 5 medications he could take

Jeffrey

Christian G asked:


What are the First Level Assessment and Second Level Assessment of Hypertension with regards to Family Nursing Problems?

Answers ASAP will be greatly appreciated

Erin

sarah asked:


The doctor has prescribed Inderal 40mg once a day as a medication both for essential tremor and hypertension (for which I was taking another medicine). Does this mean that i will have to take this medication forever or it can be withdrawn after some time. What can be the side effects.

Gertrude