Why High Blood Pressure
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When it comes to high blood pressure, everyone needs regular screening of the condition. The sooner it is detected, the fewer risks will play out.
What are these risks? The biggest damage to the body is found in the arteries. The heart’s arteries are flexible and they are elastic.
Blood flows easily through them because the lining is smooth. This allows nutrients and oxygen to get throughout the body.
However, when the amount of pressure in the arteries increases, this gradually causes a variety of conditions to take place. One of those is atherosclerosis, which is the thickening and the narrowing of the blood vessels.
As you can imagine, with the blood vessels being smaller and less able to bend and flex, less blood can get throughout the body. That means that vital nutrients and oxygen cannot get to the organs of the body effectively.
Aneurysm
Another of the dangers of high blood pressure is an aneurysm. This occurs when the blood vessels become so damaged that a weakened artery’s wall will enlarge and bulge. It is possible that this can rupture which can cause life threatening bleeding internally. It can happen in any of the blood vessels of the body through the aorta, which is also the largest artery, is the most likely place for it to happen.
Other Dangers
There are many other dangers from having high blood pressure, including the following:
- • Enlarged left side of the heart: causes the heart to beat improperly and without enough strength
• Heart failure: this occurs when the heart is unable to pump enough blood through the body because it's weak
• Coronary artery disease: limits the supply of blood to the heart muscle itself
• Strokes: Strokes happen when part of the brain is unable to get oxygen and nutrients it needs and those brain cells die.
• Dementia: Causes impairment to speaking, thinking, memory and vision
These are just some of the high blood pressure dangers that you face when you have hypertension. It is important for individuals to seek out treatment for their condition to avoid many of these dangers.
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