Health Talk on Hypertension
What is hypertension:
It is not a communicable disease. It is a silent killer disease.
**Kinds of hypertension**
Physiological hypertension grows within an individual
Essential hypertension is caused by heredity
Secondary hypertension is caused by something maybe an occurrence.
Blood pressure:
*120/80 millimeter of mercury is the normal blood pressure.
140/90 millimeter of mercury is the blood pressure that someone has hypertension.
140/149
----------- is a mild blood pressure
90/99
150/159
----------- is a moderate blood pressure
100/109
160/170
---------- is a very high blood pressure.
110/120 *
classical symptoms
- Headache
- Transient systemic attack
- Stroke(mild stroke)
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**causes**
There are two causes of hypertension which are:
- Nature: from family, almost every family on earth has a disease. Hence, heredity can cause hypertension.
- Nurture: This has to do with individual lifestyle. Eg. Alcohol consumption, unhealthy eating habit, drugs, obesity, too much red meat, excess salt, over anxiety, certain disease condition etc.
complications of hypertension - Masculine headache
- May not be able to sleep
- Retinopathy (eye problem)
- Diabetes miletis
- Infertility
- Neuropaty
- It may lead to coma
- Stroke
- Sudden unexpected death which we see this day in the young affluent men.
preventive measures
- Know your family history.
- Check you blood pressure regularly
- If you are diagnosed hypertensive, take your medications very religiously.
- Decease from drinking alcohol
- Avoid red meat, go for seafood.
Thank you for reading.
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