Hypertension is the medical term for high blood pressure. A normal blood pressure is 120/80. A blood pressure reading higher or equal to 140/90 is considered abnormally high. Elevated blood pressure means your heart is working harder than normal‚ putting both your heart and arteries under great strain. High blood pressure is serious business. On average‚ people with uncontrolled hypertension are:<br><li>Seven times more likely to have a stroke. <br><li>Six times more likely to develop congestive
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which blood vessel diameter can be modified? Detection of changes in blood pressure (leading to resultant changes in blood vessel diameter): Baroreceptors at the carotid sinus (the bifurcation of internal and external carotid arteries in the neck) and the aortic arch detect changes in blood pressure. These non-encapsulated nerve endings‚ located in the adventitial layer of arteries‚ are technically mechanoreceptors; they respond to arterial distension occurring due to a change in blood pressure
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I in the operation theatre‚ my blood pressure was unstable. My husband busy to keep away my fluttering feeling by reading several stories and flashing back our happy moments while doctors increase some medicine dose into my body. However‚ they afford still failed to prevent the blood pressure spike. After the operation‚ I was admitted to the ICU for further medications and assessments. My first 24 hours was an uneasy journey because my have lost 2 litres of blood‚ I have no energy at that moment
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Sometimes females and males have dissimilar interests .For example‚ when men get-together‚ they talk about sports all day long‚ but women talk about new fashions as much as they want .But just by looking at this we can’t stereotype and think that all males think in a different way‚ and all females think differently .This is because there are males who communicate fluently with females‚ with no barriers at all‚ and there are females who communicate better with males than females! Below‚ I mention
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contributing indicator of these ailments is high blood pressure. Blood pressure is the force of blood against your artery walls as it circulates through your body. When you have high blood pressure it can harden your arteries‚ which decreases the flow of blood and oxygen to the heart. This in turn causes chest pain‚ heart failure‚ heart attacks‚ and strokes. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC)‚ 67 million U.S. adults have high blood pressure which figures out to be 1 in every 3 adults
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relaxed. It is healthy to smile; the girl in the image looks healthy. Not only does smiling boost your immune system and lowers your heart rate; it also lowers your blood pressure. The University of Kansas studied the effects of smiling and blood pressure. They discovered that those who were smiling had a lower blood pressure than those who were not smiling. So smile because it is healthy for you. Last but not least‚ smiling helps longevity and looks. As you can see in the photo‚ the girl
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The Male and Female Brain It is proven that the male and female brains differ‚ but can one prove that it affects the behavior? Many scientists would agree that ones behavior is determined by his/her gender. Although others are convinced that social conditioning is the cause for the differences between the male and female‚ it is very unlikely that biological differences play no role in behavior. The male and female brains differ not only by how they work‚ but also on the size. For example‚
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In the twenty first century‚ communication is the essential aspect of a person "The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t being said." There are several arguments between male and female communication styles. First‚ communication is dependent on type of human brain. Second‚ the gender is determination on the style of communication. Third‚ the environment influences to develop communication with other people. However‚ Samuel Johnson said‚ "Nature has given women so much power
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The debate on the issue of gender is always tense and critical in Africa. Most of the time men reject any debate on it and adopt a defensive stance‚ as they think it is a means for women to attack and overtake them—so gender relates to power-seeking and the need for societal control. Further‚ they do not want to lose their long-established historical privilege of being the ‘chief’ of the family and the ‘commander’ of women. They use for their defence the Biblical texts alleging that God
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Discuss similarities and differences in partner violence by males and females. Consider prevalence‚ reasons‚ type‚ consequences and developmental course. During adolescent years romantic relationships begin to become important and take up a significant portion of time (Richards‚ Crowe‚ Larson & Swarr‚ 1998). These early experiences of romantic relationships can serve many positive functions such as larger peer networks‚ more opposite-sex friends‚ and more non-school friends (Connolly &
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