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GOOD HEALTH
BY DR. LLOYD ARNOLD
Professor of Bacteriology and Preventive
Medicine, University of Illinois,
College of Medicine.
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
We hear so many people speak of
high blood pressure as If it were a
i disease that per
haus It would he
well to state that
high blood pressure
is not a disease.
People do not die
of high blood pres
sure. But high blood
pressure Is a symp
tom that something
is wrong with the
health of the body.
The blood circu
lates within a closed
system of vessels
in the body. The
heart is the central pumping mechan
ism. The large outbound vessels from
the heart are called arteries. These
gradually become smaller In diameter
the farther they get away from the
heart, until they finally end In small
thread-like capillaries. There are many
hundreds of these capillaries branch
ing off like the limbs of a tree from
the small arteries In the skin, muscles
and organs.
The capillaries are the distributing
agents. As the blood in the large arter
ies leading from the pumping station,
the heart, is under considerable pres
sure in order to insure a proper dis
tribution of blood, the walls of the
arteries must be able to bear the load.
So the larger the artery, the heavier is
the load.
After the blood passes through the
capillaries It returns to the heart
through the veins. These veins begin
as very small vessels close to the capil
laries and Increase gradually in size
as they approach the heart. But the
walls of the veins are never as thick
as those of the arteries, for the blood
is not under very much pressure In
the venous system.
The volume or amount of blood In
the body remains relatively constant.
The absorption of water and other
fluids and the excretion by the kid
neys and the sweat glands maintain a
constant blood volume or balance. In
case of high blood pressure, the ca
pacity of the vascular system Is usual
ly decreased. Hence the pressure In
creases because thQ volume of blood
remains constant. The capacity of the
vascular system decreases In most In
stances because the arteries become
hardened and hence cannot dilate and
Increase in size with each heart beat,
as they should. This inability to di
late and increase in size normally is
called arterio-sclerosis or aging of the
arteries.
Certain forms of heart disease also
play a part in high blood pressure.
High blood pressure in older adults
Is due many times to injuries of the
heart and the kidney during child
hood or adolescence, caused by some
Infectious disease. The primary dam
age is done at that time and the
gradual development of scar tissue
finally uses up all the reserve power
of either the heart or the kidney and
an elevation in blood pressure is mani
fested in later life.
i The Important factors to determine
j In high blood pressure then are (1)
! the state of the arteries, (2) the size
and efficiency of the heart, (3) the
state of the kidneys. The fact that*
j one has high blood pressure is usually
brought out as the result of a phys
ical examination made by a physician,
and the control of it, after it has de
veloped, necessitates frequent medical
examination and intelligent co-opera
tion with the physician. Other factors
than the state of the blood vessels,
the heart and the kidneys may be
Involved too.
The best time to begin treatment
for high blood pressure is the time
when it starts to rise. Everyone of
course has momentary rises In blood
pressure due to anger, strenuous ex
ercise, or worry, but if these periods
last only a short time, they are un
important from a health standpoint.
But if the blood pressure Is elevated
above the normal for any length of
time, it is important to know whether
this increased pressure will remain
stationary, or whether it will become
progressively higher. Then health hab
its can be corrected. Apoplexy, bright's
disease, and heart failure are usually
the terminal conditions in persons
with sustained high blood pressure.
The individual with high blood pres
sure, after determining the cause and
following the physician's direction,
should guard against strenuous physi
cal exercise as much as possible.
Strong contractions of the muscles
of the arms and legs always increases
blood pressure by decreasing the vol
ume of blood in the muscles while
they are contracted, and hence there
Is rapidly increasing blood pressure
for a short time. This may be disas
trous to an Individual with high blood
pressure. Worry and overwork, sleep
lessness and physical exhaustion, will
also increase the blood pressure above
the normal, and should be guarded
against.
Low .blood pressure is usually as im
portant a danger signal for the older
Individual as high blood pressure. Low
blood pressure in many Instances is
due to a decrease in the efficiency of
the heart muscle. There Is decreased
pumping force of the heart and hence
a lessened pressure within the arterial
system.
The individual with high blood pres
sure or low blood pressure should not
delay In consulting a physician.
# Weatern Newspaper Union.
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