19/04/2025
High blood pressure and heart disease.
High blood pressure is not considered a type of heart disease, but it does play a major role in the development of heart disease.
High blood pressure (hypertension) is one of the biggest risk factors someone can have for developing heart disease.
High blood pressure can also lead to other health complications, including Erectile dysfunction, vision loss, and kidney failure.
HOW HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AFFECTS THE BODY.
As the volume and pressure of blood flow throughout your blood vessels increase, they begin to narrow. This causes the blood pressure to increase even more. Over time, all of this increased pressure stretches and weakens blood vessels.
When this continues for a long time without attempts to manage it, the weakened blood vessels become less effective at moving blood throughout the body.. This can have a negative effect on the heart.
Weaker blood vessels make the heart work harder to pump blood, leading to issues like heart failure.
Additionally, stiffer, weaker blood vessels can easily become clogged with plaques over time, restricting blood flow even more. Plaque is a buildup of fats, cholesterol, and calcium in the inner lining of the arteries.
Continued high blood pressure May even force pieces of these plaques free, leading to more acute problems like heart attack or stroke.
High blood pressure can also affect other organs like kidneys which are particularly sensitive to changes in the force of blood flow.
HEALTH COMPLICATIONS OF HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
1. HEART ATTACK
2. STROKE
3. HEART FAILURE
4. VISION DAMAGE
5. KIDNEY DAMAGE AND FAILURE
6 CHEST PAIN
7. ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION
8. VASCULAR DISEASE
9. PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE
CAUSES OF HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
1 diabetes
2 high cholesterol
3 obesity
4 lack of exercise
5 to***co use
6. Heavy alcohol consumption.
Some of these causes are preventable through healthy diet and lifestyle choices. But there are other risk factors you cannot control that can contribute to high blood pressure like.
Age
Genetic
Race or ethnicity.
DIAGNOSIS OF HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE is usually diagnosed during a regular health checks or screening.
TREATMENT OF HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
Lifestyle changes
Medication
LIFESTYLE CHANGES
1 regular exercise
2 improving the quality of your diet
3. Quitting smoking
4 reducing stress
5 reducing alcohol consumption
Medication
Diuretic
Calcium channel blockers etc
IN SUMMARY
High blood pressure is not a heart disease by itself, but it does playa major role in the development of heart diseases and other health conditions.
Take steps to prevent and treat high blood pressure if you have it. Can help you avoid heat disease and other problems related to high blood pressure.
