Transcript The Silent Killer

“The Silent Killer”
By: Cierra
Silent Killer
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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
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"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>.
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"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>.