Hypertension known as a ‘silent killer’ | Part 1
Hypertension known as a ‘silent killer’ | Part 1
Hypertension also called high blood pressure, is when the force of blood pumping through the arteries is too strong. Arteries are blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart. High blood pressure makes it harder for the body to pump blood and can cause arteries to become narrow or stiff. If the condition goes uncontrolled or untreated, it can lead to heart attacks, strokes, kidney disease, and other health problems.\r
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0.319 -> hypertension it is often called the
2.639 -> silent killer it rarely causes symptoms
4.92 -> until it is extremely high or has done
7.56 -> damage to other organs in your body for
10.38 -> this very reason you should have your
11.82 -> blood pressure checked regularly by your
14.219 -> physician well today Dr Tiffany Randolph
16.44 -> with cone Health Heart and Vascular at
19.08 -> drawbridge Parkway is here to help spot
21.06 -> the signs before it is too late so let's
24.66 -> get right into it we hear the terms
26.64 -> hypertension and high blood pressure are
28.98 -> they the same thing
30.96 -> great question they are the same thing
33.18 -> so when we talk about blood pressure we
35.219 -> think about two numbers the systolic is
37.8 -> the top number that is how much force
41.04 -> your vessels feel every time your heart
43.02 -> squeezes and then the bottom number or
45.48 -> the diastolic is how much pressure is
48.059 -> left inside the vessels in between
49.86 -> heartbeats a totally normal blood
52.26 -> pressure would be less than 120 over 80.
55.039 -> 120 over 80. so that is kind of where we
58.199 -> need to like gauge ourselves so like if
60.239 -> they went to like the CVS and stuck
61.86 -> their hand their arm into the thing they
63.719 -> should be looking for that 120 over 80.
65.7 -> all right so what is happening in our
68.1 -> body when we have high blood pressure
70.799 -> unfortunately many things so when your
73.56 -> blood pressure is high it puts
75.18 -> unnecessary force on all of your organs
77.46 -> so there's increased pressure on your
79.5 -> brain on your heart on your kidneys and
82.439 -> all your blood vessels and over time
84.42 -> that can lead to increased risk of heart
88.02 -> attacks Strokes heart failure it makes
91.74 -> you more likely to have end-stage kidney
94.2 -> disease where you might need dialysis it
96.659 -> even raises the risk of developing
98.28 -> dementia okay so we called it the silent
100.799 -> killer at the beginning and that is
103.02 -> because a lot of people don't even know
104.7 -> that they have high blood pressure at
107.159 -> what point should you be tracking your
108.6 -> blood pressure
110.22 -> oh great question so really by the time
113.1 -> you're 18 assuming you don't have any
115.2 -> other risks you should be getting your
117.42 -> blood pressure checked at least once
119.52 -> every couple of years so that means if
121.32 -> you're not obese you don't have diabetes
123.659 -> you don't smoke or any of those types of
125.759 -> things at least every couple of years
128.039 -> if you develop any of those risk factors
131.34 -> or what by the time you're 40 you really
133.98 -> need to have your blood blood pressure
135.78 -> checked every year
137.58 -> but if you already have high blood
139.68 -> pressure then it might be very helpful
142.14 -> to check it even more frequently
143.58 -> especially as you're needing to make any
145.379 -> medication changes or things like that
147.3 -> because we find that actually people's
149.879 -> blood pressure sometimes might be higher
151.62 -> in the office than it is at home that's
153.599 -> something we call white coat
154.86 -> hypertension and so if your blood
156.84 -> pressures aren't as high as at home or
158.879 -> in a more restful setting then we may
162.36 -> not need to give you as much medication
164.48 -> we also sometimes find that there might
167.76 -> be patterns to your blood pressure so if
169.62 -> you're checking your blood pressures in
170.879 -> the morning and the evening you might
172.44 -> see a pattern that would help us to
174.12 -> decide what's the best time of day where
176.459 -> you should take a blood pressure
177.42 -> medications okay yeah it can be one of
180 -> those things you get nervous when you go
181.2 -> to the doctor's office right so your
182.64 -> blood pressure raises that's kind of a
184.14 -> normal thing so also have to check it at
186.66 -> home when you check it at home you
188.16 -> should do it in a certain way
190.08 -> yes so it's important first of all to
192.9 -> make sure that you sit and rest for
194.58 -> about five minutes even small exercise
197.34 -> just walking around your house things
199.26 -> like that will raise your blood pressure
200.879 -> so you want to sit in a comfortable
202.86 -> position with your feet flat on the
204.959 -> floor when you check your blood pressure
207.06 -> you always want to make sure that the
209.34 -> cuff is at Heart level so you can sit
211.8 -> like at your kitchen table you can sit
213.9 -> on the side of your couch and rest it on
215.7 -> the arm if you have your arm up in the
217.86 -> air or hanging down it really will alter
220.44 -> your blood pressure okay good to know
222.239 -> all right so what are the dangerous
223.56 -> complications that could happen if you
225.36 -> have high blood pressure especially for
226.92 -> a long time unchecked
229.26 -> so hypertension everywhere you have a
232.739 -> blood vessel in your body it can wreak
234.36 -> havoc so it can cause problems with with
236.76 -> vision it can cause Strokes dementia it
240.78 -> can cause heart failure heart attacks it
243.48 -> even can cause peripheral vascular
245.099 -> disease difficulty getting blood flow to
247.08 -> your legs and increase the risk of
249.42 -> amputations and other things that of
251.58 -> course none of us want no okay so would
255 -> someone who maybe isn't checking their
256.859 -> blood pressure regularly would they have
258.959 -> any kind of indication that they might
260.639 -> have high blood pressure
263.1 -> so like you said at the beginning of the
265.259 -> segment unfortunately it's the silent
267.24 -> killer because most people really don't
269.1 -> feel anything when their blood pressure
270.9 -> is elevated some people are more attuned
274.139 -> to their bodies and sometimes once your
276.24 -> blood pressures get really high you
278.46 -> might feel symptoms like fatigue you may
281.4 -> have nosebleeds one really common side
284.34 -> effect is headaches or even shortness of
287.16 -> breath but again many times your blood
289.44 -> pressure has been very high for a long
291.419 -> time before any of those things might
293.34 -> come up right and you're thinking
294.78 -> fatigue and you're thinking headache
296.28 -> you're thinking those are things that I
297.419 -> just get because I'm stressed at work
298.86 -> and you might not really be correlating
300.9 -> them with your health
302.88 -> exactly right okay all right we're going
305.34 -> to take a quick break but we're back
306.66 -> talking about high blood pressure and
308.22 -> hypertension in just a few moments
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