High Blood Plessure

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HIGH BLOOD PLESSURE

The heart pumps blood into the arteries with enough force to push blood to the far reaches of each organ from the top of the head to the bottom of the feet. Blood pressure can be defined as the pressure of blood on the walls of the arteries as it circulates through the body. Blood pressure is highest as its leaves the heart through the aorta and gradually decreases as it enters smaller and smaller blood vessels (arteries, arterioles, and capillaries). Blood returns in the veins leading to the heart, aided by gravity and muscle contraction.

Hypertension is the medical term for high blood pressure. It is known as the "silent killer" since it has no initial symptoms but can lead to long-term disease and complications..

• Many people have high blood pressure and don't know it.
• Important complications of uncontrolled or poorly treated high blood pressure include heart attack, congestive heart failure, stroke, kidney failure, peripheral artery disease and aortic aneurysms (weakening of the wall of the aorta, leading to widening or ballooning of the aorta).
• Public awareness of these dangers has increased. High blood pressure has become the second most common reason for medical office visits in the United States.

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v  List Of Vocabulary

§  Pressure                    =          Tekanan

§  Pump                          =          Pompa

§  Force                          =          Kekuatan, tenaga

§  Reach                         =          Jangkauan, menjangkau

§  Circulates                  =          Mengedarkan

§  Aorta                          =          Batang nadi

§  Vessel                        =          Pembuluh

§  Vein                            =          Urat darah halus

§  Gravity                        =          Gaya berat, kegawatan

§  Muscle                       =          Otot, urat

§  Hypertension            =          Hipertensi

§  Symptom                    =          Gejala, tanda-tanda

§  Uncontrolled             =          Tidak terkendalikan

§  Treat                           =          Sesuatu yang menyenangkan, merawat

§  Congestive                =          Kemacetan, menghawatirkan

§  Failure                        =          Keagagalan, kerusakan

§  Widening                   =          Pelebaran

§  Ballooning                 =          Pelembungan

§  Awareness                =          Kesadaran

Exercise

Answer the question below!

1.      What is the main point of the first paragrafh?

2.      What is hypertension?

3.      What is included as smaller blood vessels?

4.      Hypertension is also known as?

5.      Mention the important complication that include in high blood pressure!