Question

Antoinette was diagnosed with hypertension, a noncommunicable disease in which her blood pressure is higher than normal. What is the most likely explanation for why she is hypertensive? She was obese and had a diet high in salt intake. She did not wash her hands enough. She was bitten by a mosquito. She was never vaccinated against hypertension.

Answer 1

She had a diet high in salt intake.

Step-by-step explanation:

Sodium is medically known to raise blood pressure.

Washing hands and mosquitos are not related to blood pressure.

There is no vaccination against high blood pressure.

Answer 2

She was obese and had a diet high in salt intake.

Step-by-step explanation:

higher blood pressure is condition known as hypertension which is the main cause of many heart problems which can be life threatening. In obese people. high level of fats inside the blood vessels which can cause blockage inside and can lead to heart problems.

high concentration of salts intake also disturbs the salts concentration in the blood vessels. The disturbance in salt concentration is the function of the kidney to remove it. the increase concentration also cause increase in blood pressure which leads to hypertension.