Comments on: Burden of Discrimination Can Lead to High Blood Pressure

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:29:50 +0000

The best thing that can be done is providing everyone with better ways to cope with the stress that life gives so willingly.
When we don’t have the strength to cope with those stresses then that is when that can be reflected in our overall physical health.

By: Trevor

Trevor — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 07:36:32 +0000

Discrimination is pathetic, no doubt. But really it couldnt be tougher to observe the effects of something as much as it is for discrimination.

Rather than focusing on how it effects, we should try and root it out. Everyday people are not going to look at scientific facts and say “okay discrimination is harmful so let me not do that to anybody”.

By: landon a

landon a — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 11:21:04 +0000

There are many people who suffer from high blood pressure, discriminated against or not.

Who’s to say that even if the discrimination ended or even if it had never happened that these same people wouldn’t still have high blood pressure?

This medical ailment can come from many different factors, from genetics and diet, to even the environment that they are raised in.

It just might be too soon to point the finger of blame in only this one direction as there are numerous things that could be leading to high blood pressure among this population.

By: Yvonne

Yvonne — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 22:31:58 +0000

I find it to be quite unfortunate that someone who has already had his life made to feel smaller and less than equal to another should also have to deal with the medical problems that can be a result of unchecked and untended high blood pressure. As if they have not already had to suffer enough due to the unforgiving nature of certain ignorances still present today, these are people who now have to face a life of medical uncertainty dealing with what can often be termed a silent killer. Even worse is that many of these people who are facing this crisis have little acces to healthcare that could help them to manage this disease due to lack of money or lack of accessible medical care in the area of the country or state in which they live. Why does it seem that the burdens always fall heavier on those who can least stand to take any more?

By: Kelsea

Kelsea — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 18:00:29 +0000

I guess that it doesn’t matter if it is real discrimination or if they just perceive that they are being discriminated against. Either way it looks like there is a negative impact on their health in terms of high blood pressure.

But suppose there are other factors at work too. We know that those in the study were primarily African American, who already have a higher prevalence of high blood pressure than other demographics do. Have we looked at the income levels too? Because sometimes I think that you will see that those with lower incomes have a higher chance of eating diets which are unhealthy for them, which in turn could lead to the development of high blood pressure. Those factors should not be discounted.