Relationship Between Hypertension
and Heart Disease
Doctors still do not know exactly why
some people develop high bind pressure, medically known as
hypertension, although in so cases it does seem to run in families.
People of African-Caftean origin are also more at risk of high blood
pressure. Obesity increases blood pressure, too, and this is
obviously linked to your diet - salt, for instance, has been
strongly implicated in raise blood pressure. Heavy drinking can also
push blood pressure. Finally high blood pressure can be caused By
slier medical conditions such as thyroid problems, diabetes and
other hormonal imbalances, as well as liver or kidney disease.
The risk of coronary heart disease is linked to the level of your
bind pressure. If you have high blood pressure and also smoke, are
overweight, have diabetes or high blood cholesterol levels your risk
of a heart attack (or stroke) increases even more. Insightfully high
blood pressure is often silent. People usually do not realize they
have it until a chance blood pressure reading by the doctor reveals
the problem.
The British Heart Foundation says that for each 5mmHg reaction in
blood pressure your risk of heart disease drops by around 16 per
cent, so it is well worth your while taking all the step you can to
reduce your blood pressure. A combination of dtug treatment and
self-help can reduce blood pressure to normal.
Blood pressure tends to rise slightly as we get older and the
arteries naturally become stiffer and less elastic. Raised blood
pressure is even more strongly linked to the risk of developing hat
disease in women. According to the American Heart Aviation, nearly
half of ail women in the US have high blood pressure and over the
age of 75 women are more likely to develop high Wood pressure than
men. As with men, treating severely raised blood pressure seems to
help reduce the risk, but what doctors are not so certain about as
yet is whether treating women will only mild high blood pressure is
beneficial. Taking drugs to lower mild hypertension does, however,
seem to reduce the incidence of heart disease linked to a condition
called isolated systolic hypertension (in which the upper figure of
the blood pressure is raised), which affects women more than men.
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