Posts Tagged ‘Blood pressure’
What is Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)?
Healthy kidneys remove waste products that are in the blood. These waste products then leave the body in urine. The kidneys also help control blood pressure and produce red blood cells.
When the kidneys are damaged they can not remove waste products from the blood as well as they should. This is known as chronic kidney disease, CKD. Nearly 20 million people in the United States have this disease.
The most common causes of CKD are high blood pressure, diabetes and heart disease. The CKD can lead to kidney failure, but early treatment can slow the emergence of this or prevent it. Read the rest of this entry »
Hypertension and Alcohol
While mild to moderate consumption of alcohol may be beneficial for cardiovascular health, an excess of the damages. Even for many researchers, moderate consumption can have an effect on blood pressure by raising it above the normal values (70 / 140 mmHg). This risk would increase if alcohol consumption is excessive.
According to scientific studies, there is a positive and linear relationship between alcohol consumption and elevated blood pressure.
How are the blood pressure in alcoholism?
* The higher the alcohol consumption, the greater the prevalence of hypertension.
* When this occurs it alters a number of hormones that increase heart rate and arterial walls injured thereby increasing blood pressure levels.
* High alcohol intake between 0.75 1 gram. ethanol / kg weight produced an increase in systolic and diastolic pressure. Read the rest of this entry »