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Hypertension
Hypertension
Sha’mes Lashawn Handford
Moss Point High School
November 16, 2012

Abstract
Hypertension is the most chronic medical condition that adults have. This disease affects many organs of the body including the heart, eyes, and kidney. Hypertension can increase with age, weight, and inheritance. Generally, the hypertensive population is increasing but physicians are working on various treatments to prevent and control this disease. Prescription drugs in the United States are highest to adults with hypertension than any other medical cause. Studies show that the potential to decrease hypertension is very slim. If patients do not take the simple steps to stay healthy they will not avoid hypertension. Unfortunately, if patients do take the steps it may not make a difference. Hypertension is known as the silent killer so some patients will never get the treatments that physicians are running today.

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Thesis Statement: Hypertension is a fast rising health risk that can be treated so people can live a healthy and normal lifestyle.
I. Introduction
II. Types
A. Prehypertension
B. Secondary
C. Malignant
III. Diagnosed
A. Symptoms
B. Physicians
IV. Cause
A. Age
B. Being overweight
C. Family history
V. Effect
A. Brain/ Stroke
B. Heart/ Heart attack
C. Eyes/ Impaired vision
VI. Treatments
A. DASH Diet
B. Complications
VII. Conclusion

Hypertension is a major health problem worldwide, affecting 75,000,000 adults in the United States alone. Despite efforts to prevent, treat, and control hypertension, the prevalence of hypertension in the Unites States still has not decreased. The treatments that doctors use are currently based on drugs with an emphasis on reducing the elevated blood pressure rather than its causative factors.


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