I would begin by explaining that blood pressure is the force that your blood exerts on your arteries. If you have high blood pressure it means that your blood is exerting too much force on your arteries and is making your heart’s job even harder. Your heart is a powerful and efficient muscle, but if made to work to hard for too long, it can enlarge and wear out or even fail. This can also cause a heart attack, stroke, even an early death. When you take your blood pressure, you will see two numbers referred to as your systolic and diastolic blood pressure.
The traditional risk factors for coronary artery disease are high LDL cholesterol, low HDL cholesterol, high blood pressure, family history, diabetes, smoking, being post-menopausal for women and being older than 45 for men, obesity may also be a risk factor. Once the inner wall of an artery is damaged, fatty deposits (plaques) made of cholesterol and other cellular waste products tend to accumulate at the site of injury in a process called atherosclerosis. If the surface of these plaques breaks or ruptures, blood cells called platelets will clump at the site to try to repair the artery. This clump can block the artery, leading to a heart attack. Lifestyle changes and medicines can help control CAD.
Being overweight can increase the risk of getting Gallbladder Cancer. 3. Gallbladder Cancer tends to show up in Native Americans and Hispanics more than others. 4. Having gallstones or cholecystitis (inflammation of the gallbladder) can also cause it.
Stress also increases the heart rate and can lead to the increase of blood pressure, thus Hypertension and can lead to Coronary Heart Disease (CHD). Although this disease can be caused by the indirect effects. Indirect effects of stress are associated with the bad habits that stress causes us to take part in, these included smoking, poor diet and alcohol abuse. These poor habits can thus lead to ill-effects on one’s health. These issues are more related to chronic stress rather than acute stress and it occurs for a long period, thus affecting health for a longer period.
Overweight children, as compared to children with a healthy weight, are more likely to develop many health problems such as high cholesterol and high blood pressure as they grow older, these are associated with heart disease in adults. Obesity is caused by two simple influences - an unhealthy diet typically too rich in sugar and fats and not enough fibre nor carbohydrates and not doing enough exercise to burn off the calories consumed. Other problems that obesity can cause are diabetes, breathing problems and trouble sleeping. Child and adolescent obesity is also associated with increased risk of emotional problems. Teens with weight problems tend to have much lower self-esteem and be less popular with other
Due to the inflammation and swollen median nerve, some people are getting the problem of differentiate the sense of hot, and cold (Robinson, 2014 ). 3.Risk Factor There are some people are high risk of getting CTS. CTS are not only because of swollen median nerve, there are some factors that cause CTS. a.Gender Women are three times higher risk than men to have the symptoms of CTS. This is because the carpal tunnel in the wrist of women are smaller than men.
It has been the most deadliest drug for years. Importantly, there are many effects from smoking tobacco, such as cardiovascular effects which affects your heart. your blood pressure goes up which may increase chances of blood clots , and the nicotine causes blood vessels to constrict and increase chances of a heart attack or stroke. Williams 2 Tobacco also has an effect on the skin, because nicotine has constrained your blood vessels, nutrients don’t get distributed properly. Your skin loses oxygen and minerals, which can cause premature aging.
An ischemic stroke is usually characterized by a reduction or obstruction of blood supply to the brain due to blocked blood vessels caused by atherosclerosis or a blood clot. Up to twelve percent of ischemic strokes often cause death within thirty days and is among the largest health burdens in developed countries. It is worth noting that the epidemiology of stroke has been changing because of several factors, with the most important being an ageing population, as well as advancements in the treatment of the condition. Stroke prevalence is projected to increase globally as the population of individuals aged above sixty-five years augments (Ovbiagele et al., 2013, p. 2363). Ovbiagele et al.
The coronary arteries supply the heart muscle with blood rich in oxygen. The build-up of plaque narrows the coronary artery and blocks the blood supply to the heart muscle. When the blood flow decreases it causes a chest pain called angina and when the blood flow is completely cut off, it causes a heart attack.11(Ref: National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute).The most common risk factors include: smoking, diabetes, hypertension, physical inactivity, obesity and high cholesterol. Hypertension (high blood pressure) is the high pressure of blood against artery walls which can lead to serious health conditions such as CHD10 (Ref:Mayo Clinic Staff). Smoking narrows and causes blood clots in the arteries2 (Ref:Beckerman,J).
The sexes difference in behavior plays majorly on this fact. Looking at a few of the things causing death in men such as coronary heart disease, suicide, accidents, drug and alcohol abuse. Now it comes to no surprise that because men are the more masculine of the sexes they have a harder time finding outlets to deal with their stress, and or asking for help. So they display coping with things such as excessive alcohol abuse, which leads to more stress, and moreover leading to health issues. Why men might be more stressed in the first place then women has a lot to do with the fact that for quite some time before the past decade or so women generally weren’t full-timers in the work force, and didn’t carry such a heavy burden as men.