Your Risk Factors For Hypertension.
Channel: doctorsTmd
Date: 2023-03-24

Your Risk Factors for Hypertension! 
Silent Killer! Your Risk Factors. 

In this series we are focusing in The Silent Killer.Hypertension.

Your Risk Factors for Hypertension
. We are continuing our series in the SILENT KILLER. Hypertension. Today we are asking these questions. What are the risk factors for hypertension (high blood pressure)? 
We are going to divide risk factors for Hypertension into Non modifiable and Modifiable risk factors.
Non-Modifiable risk factors: These are the risk factors we can not change. We have no control over them.
1-Genetics 2-Family history 3-Race 4-Age                           
               1-Genetics 
Numerous studies have shown genetic susceptibilities for HTN. 
               2-Family history
You're more likely to develop high blood pressure if you have a parent or sibling with the condition.
              3-Race- African Americans have the highest rates of HPN in the world with a mean systolic 5 mm HG higher than whites and prevalence 10% higher than whites. 
               4-Age_ A dogma of cardiology is that Hypertension increases with age. 
However, societies where salt intake is low, physical activity levels are very high, and obesity is rare, age-related increases in systolic blood pressure  are avoided. 
Prof Noel Mueller studied 2 Amazonian tribes in Venezuela and published his results in Jama Cardiology 2018.One tribe the Yanomami had no exposure to western food, had no increase in BP with age. A nearby tribe that had a landing strip and had exposure to processed foods had some increase in BP but not to the degree we have in western societies. There are other societies in the world that have no hypertension.
MODIFIABLE RISK FACTORS
These are the risk factors, the ones we have control over. We can do something about it.
         1-Weigh         2-Lack of exercise
         3-High salt diets
         4-Low potassium diets
         5-Too Much Alcohol.
         6- Tobacco use or vaping
         7- Stress
         8- Diabetes
         9-OSA
         10- Pregnancy
Because Hypertension is the most prevalent risk factor for CVD (Cardiovascular Disease) our number one killer and is a major risk factor for strokes the 5th leading cause of death (It was number four before Covid) we need to address these risk factors and take them seriously. 
There are societies in the world that do not have the Hypertension  problem that we have in western countries.
Let’s learn from them. I am counting on you to do this for yourself and encourage your friends and family.
Remember your health is your most precious asset.
 You will be glad you did it.

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00:00 Introduction
00:20 Nonmodifiable risk factors
01:32 Increase hypertension with age
01:58 Modifiable risk factors
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