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The "Silent Killer" could be threatening your life
without your knowing you have high blood pressure
Hypertension
Everyone needs blood fi
pressure to move blood throng
Preressure is created by contrac-
sstem. Blood p the blood through the
the circulatory Y
vers of the heartbythe mresin ance pumps and down With ea
vessels, and by resistance of thearterialwalls. each
pressure goesit iso calledwhigh
beatmof theaheart, blood ooes up and stays up, limited range. When it 8
blood pressure, also known as hypertension.
sterious killer...silent
High blood pressure is a silent, mysterious
mysterious ent
symptoms; ycis
aus in it has no thanc90 percenteof the cases,
theou causes is
be-
cause, more 90 result.
unknown, and 'there is no cure. If hypertension
may
2,000,000ot
controlled, serious high
loodsc cardiovascular
a of affects nearly uts an extra
Cda Hypertension, r high ba persons the pressure P
Canadians and in these
responsible for the
work load upon --th1e heart which is resp
-development of 4rtensive heart disease.
The tragedy of hypertension is that half the people who
adequate
t is
have it are unaware of thefact and,
fou ofa are receiving know, s of
treatmen that only hasodrugs and other blood
continent. Research developed rsurin most cases. High
controlling high blood p congestive heart failure and
or risk factor in coronary artery
kidneyfa lu failureandain mai stroke,
kidney pressure is
disease. �
person whose systolic blood p
We know that the Pe a heart attack than the
over 150 has 2 times more risk of havingpressure under 120 and 4 times the
person withs a systolic blood The importance of early diagnosis
chance of suffering hypertension are obvious in the
and adequate treatment of
light of these facts. es of hypertension. Some people
There are several type
of elevated pressure; some
havesuff
er from occasional ons pe
pressure,
sustained, but modest, elevationer°e blood
and others
have
referred ao si tent elevation- often referred to as
have a severe and Pe rtension
"malignant" hypertension- primary or essential hype
While the exact cause of p
is unknown, may factors
substa contribute
into the kidneys, for d
release a substance to blood
instance,ghighanding
triggers a chain of chemical
becausedby 4ong-
pressure. Hypertension may
kidney disease, or certain are thought ormalitiestby many to playa role
f the adrenal or other
endocrine glands. Emotions
In increasing the blood pressure.
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