Causes of High Blood Pressure
Causes of High Blood Pressure
High blood pressure is very common and it is genetically determined.
Ian del Conde, Cardiovascular Specialist at Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute, explains humans have genes that make them retain salt, because years and years ago people who were able to retain salt tended to do better.
The problem is that this is not beneficial nowadays. “High blood pressure affects many different organs and systems in our body, including the brain”, he points out.
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4.29 -> What causes high blood pressure, doctor?
The reality is we don't know we don't
10.15 -> know exactly what causes hypertension
13.48 -> we know that it is incredibly common it
is genetically determined we think that
18.06 -> throughout evolution humans have been
selected for genes that make them
27.82 -> retains salt so for example if you bear
with me for a second
31.539 -> if you think about humanity we've been
exposed to drought for long periods
37.15 -> of time and people who were able to
retain salt tended to do better now the
44.08 -> problem is that that was very beneficial
back then nowadays high blood pressure
47.14 -> is a problem because it affects many
different organs and systems in our body
51.37 -> and we can see here the organs that are
mostly affected by high blood pressure
56.65 -> including the brain which can cause a
stroke eyes vision loss heart
62.65 -> attacks the kidneys very sensitive to
high blood pressure you can have kidney
66.46 -> failure with that. And these are the
results of high blood pressure? This is
69.52 -> the consequence of long-standing poorly
treated high blood pressure. Describe to
73.99 -> us real quick that systolic diastolic
and you could explain that real quick
77.17 -> for me absolutely she was right I did
mention that a normal blood pressure is
81.219 -> 120 over 80 so there's two numbers
systolic and diastolic so what we can
86.59 -> see here is blood flowing in a vessel
and every time that the heart contracts
93.719 -> the heart propels blood in the
vessel the pressure increases and that's
102.49 -> the systolic pressure when the one that
when the vessel expands and that kind of
106.569 -> happens when you're working out and you
may be go running for a jog doesn't that
110.56 -> one go up absolutely and that's normal
right so that's the reason that we want
114.999 -> people to check their blood pressure
when they're actually just relaxing so
118.569 -> before you use your a little machine
like the one you brought today you need
122.499 -> to relax for two minutes don't watch any TV
127.869 -> don't check your phone don't answer that
email just relax for about a minute and
131.75 -> a half or two minutes and then check
your blood pressure
137.63 ->
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzvHTXbhKLw