High blood pressure

High blood pressure的思维导图，内容有 essential hypertension、secondary hypertension。

High blood pressure

• essential hypertension
  • The underlying cause cannot be determined.
  • heredity
    • It tends to run in families
  • sexual distinction
    • Men are more likely to be affectedthan women.
  • race
    • In the U.S. blacks are twice as likely as whites to have high blood pressure.
  • age
    • The gap between blacks and whites begins to narrow around age 44.
    • After age 65,black women have the highest incidence of high blood pressure.
  • diet and lifestyle
    • The mojority of people with high blood pressure are "salt sensitive"
  • other factors
    • obesity
    • diabetes
    • stress
    • insufficient intake of potassium , calcium , and magnesium
    • lack of physical activity
    • chronic alcohol consumption
• secondary hypertension
  • A direct cause for high blood pressure can be identified.
  • kidney diseases
  • tumors
  • other abnormalities
    • They cause the adrenal glands (small glands that sit atop the kidneys) to secrete excess amounts of the hormones that elevate blood pressure.