Heights may influence the hypertension

As getting older, one of the problems that we encounter is the hypertension. The development of hypertension is influenced by the life conditions due to the growing of an age. Common people believe that is happened because of the body is getting older while scientists and general practitioners could agree in some cases. Although this hypertension surely will be experienced by people, but another findings tells the different.
Study suggested that heights could influence hypertension (image is credited from http://i.huffpost.com)
Globally, society consider that when talking to the elder people we must be careful. It can lead the elder feeling hurtful so it can disturb his blood pressure. Consequently, coronary heart disease, heart failure, cerebrovascular disease, and chronic renal failure might have attacked (Sohn, 2017). More importantly, the mentioned reference also suggest that the hypertension could be happened because of the presence of heights.

Normally, hypertension is related either to sex or age. However, from the paper itself there is relationship between high blood pressure with the heights of the individual.

The relationship between heights and hypertension

It is unexpected things that if there is the relationship between the heights of someone and blood pressure. But, the writer can make an assumption that heights mean the distance of the blood’s travelling. It means that the higher is someone than the longer the blood takes trip. However, the situation is not merely only for the distance for the blood to move into one point to another point. There two things occur during the travel of the blood from the heart into all of our body.

Physicists may say that as two things which are the pressure and gravity. In physics, we knew that the blood is a fluid which has phase of liquid and it has certain viscosity in term of liquidity properties. With certain properties, the blood moving inside the human’s vessels must follow the physics law of pressure. Regarding the shape and materials of the vessels, the pressure is probably alternating depends of size and elasticity.

On the other hand, when the blood is pumped down to the lower body then it obeys the law of gravity which is ten meter per second per second. While is pumped go back to the heart then the anti-gravity process is operated. So, these two things happened while we open and close our eyes. Which means, the heights exactly play role in the mobilization of the blood which can alter the pressure of the blood vessels.

Scientific findings about hypertension

Literally speaking, (Sohn, 2017) wrote that there are many findings about hypertension based on the sex difference and the heights itself. But, before the sex difference and heights, the literal study suggests that the age differences were subtle in term of hypertension. Nonetheless, there is association between the age due to the body’s condition as far as the growing.

The early-life conditions give big impact to the health condition of the individuals in later life. Argumentatively speaking, the childhood conditions either physically and mentally provides significant impact on the later adulthood particularly in hypertension. On the other hand, that the heights is crucial in several workforces which can confound with physical strength such as muscular strength and discrimination (Case & Paxson, 2008). This can lead into assumption that the height is related to higher hours of workforce which can influence in the health of physical and mental.

In conclusion, there is little association between heights and hypertension. Either directly and indirectly, hypertension can be influenced by many factors including sex, heights, and workforces. Moreover, treating the physical and mental health is important for men and women.

References
[1] Case, A., & Paxson, C. (2008). Strature and status: Height, ability, and labor market outcomes. Journal of Politics and Economics, 499-532.
[2] Sohn, K. (2017). The Association between height and hypertension in Indonesia. Economics and Human Biology, 74-83.

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