“The Silent Killer”

By: Cierra

Silent Killer

• High blood pressure or Hypertension is called silent killer because it regularly it has no symptoms.

• Some are

1. Irregular heartbeat

2. Chest Pains

3. Nose-bleeds

High Blood Pressure

• High Blood pressure is the forceful pressures of blood against your arteries.

• Arteries are vessels that carry blood from the heart.

• It increases your changes or risk of getting heart and kidney disease and stroke .

Types

• There are two main types of High blood pressures.

• Secondary- Caused by other conditions

• Essential- Cause unknown but refers to too much salt

Length Of Illness

• High blood pressure will be high unless you follow the correct actions in order for it to be go low.

Untreated High Blood pressure risk

Blood Pressure Monitor

• To keep your pressure in check you would use a blood pressure monitor.

• It helps you to watch if it is high or low.

Prevention

• Be active

• Eat healthy

• Use less salt and sodium

Treatment

• You can’t actually treat it but maintain it.

• You can walk daily to keep it under control.

Spreading

• You can’t spread High blood pressure by toughing someone. You can spread it by genes though.

• You can’t be infected because it is non communicable.

Works Cited

• "Genome.gov | 2009 Release: Researchers Uncover Genetic Variants Linked to Blood Pressure in African-Americans." Genome.gov | National Human Genome Research Institute. Raymond MacDougall, 9 Nov. 09. Web. 19 Mar. 2010. <http://www.genome.gov/27532579>.

• "Heart Disease." Womenshealth.gov - 1-800-994-9662. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 02 Feb. 2009. Web. 19 Mar. 2010. <http://www.womenshealth.gov/faq/heart-disease.cfm>.

• "High Blood Pressure Detection: Your Guide to Lowering HBP." National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Web. 19 Mar. 2010. <http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/hbp/detect/detect.htm>.

• "High Blood Pressure: MedlinePlus." National Library of Medicine - National Institutes of Health. The National Library of Medicine, 08 Aug. 2009. Web. 19 Mar. 2010. <http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/highbloodpressure.html>.