Many people are suffering from the negative health consequences of obesity. In addition, many diseases are related to obesity such as heart diseases, high blood cholesterol, high blood pressure, and other health risks. If we do not solve the prob-lem by reducing the number of obese people and change the lifestyle to more healthier one as soon as possible, the problem will be arising. Therefore, the consequences will be life threatening. Obesity causes many problems and has frightening results. It is
Is High Blood Pressure Responsible for Heart Disease? High blood pressure and heart disease are becoming more and more common within hospitals globally. This comes as no surprise due to the correlation in the increase of the diagnosis for obesity and people being overweight. High blood pressure and heart disease are often linked, due to the consequences they have on one another. This article will look at how high blood pressure may cause heart disease. What is high blood pressure? High blood pressure
High blood pressure has been a big problem in the United States. According to the Mayo Clinic “High blood pressure is a common condition in which the long-term force of the blood against your artery walls is high enough that it may eventually cause health problems, such as heart disease” (Mayo Clinic Staffe, 2016). For a long time doctors did not know that blood pressure was causing the different health problems. Doctors thought that high blood pressure was “considered a consequence of disease rather
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symptons, consequences and prevention. Christye Candell Hypertension Arterial hypertension increases in a chronic way the arterial pressure. This disease will not show symptoms during a long period of time, hypertension is also known as the silence disease. If hypertension is not treated, it can develop serious complications like heart attacks, cerebral thrombosis or hemorrhage but this can be prevented if it’s controlled adequately on time. Arteries are the first one to suffer the consequences of hypertension;
INTRODUCTION High blood pressure is the most prevalent medical condition on earth. The average American seems to be caught in the trendy lifestyle of fast food, soda and stress. The American heart Association estimates that 1 out of 3 Adult Americans has high blood pressure. This is about 67 million people, nearly 31% of the total population of the nation! This is alarming enough and even more alarming is the fact that most people who have high blood pressure are unaware of the situation
arteries and decreases blood flow to the heart(shown right), potentially leading to a blood clot causing a heart attack or to a weakened heart raising risk for heart failure. Like most variations of heart disease, coronary artery disease can be prevented by regular check ups and good health; however it is possible to inherit high cholesterol levels, this inherited condition is called familial hypercholesterolaemia. Familial hypercholesterolaemia is caused by a gene mutation and causes ten percent of early
million American adults (29%) have high blood pressure—that’s 1 in every 3 American adults ("High Blood Pressure FAQs | cdc.gov," n.d.). High Blood Pressure, also known as HBP or Hypertension. When most people are asked about High Blood Pressure they seem to think of it as uncomfortable as to be tense, nervous or hyperactive. In reality, High Blood Pressure cannot be felt. You can still be naturally calm as anyone else. In an informative aspect keeping your blood pressure in a healthy range will reduce
Atherosclerosis Atherosclerosis, the underlying cause of coronary heart disease which can affect any artery in the body, is essentially the narrowing of arteries due to excessive build up of cholesterol-rich lipids known as plaque (Insull 2009). Once the arteries become narrow, the flow of blood will be constricted, and the amount of blood, nutrients and oxygen that are able to reach the heart are reduced. As a consequence, the heart becomes increasingly hypoxic resulting in ineffective contraction
Clinical Consequences of Obesity Name Date Clinical Consequences of Obesity Obesity is a growing issue in western and developing countries. It is a medical condition in which a person accumulates excess triacylglycerols in fatty tissue to the extent that it has negative consequences on the health of the person. Extreme cases of obesity are likely to have a genetic basis of which is majority polygenic. The body mass index of a healthy person should be between 20 and 25 but if it exceeds 26