What Is Hypertension?

[@moniquedonovan3059]

You have a way of explaining the 'complex' and making it completely understandable to anyone who watches your videos. This video is great because it is a very common illness affecting many people of all ages and cultures. Watching your videos are a great way for me to stay current and jog the medical memory banks....Thank you!

[@AndrewEng]

This channel needs to be more popular, I touch up on my biology all the time here! Thanks for all your videos. :)

[@TrueCatholicStories]

I wish all teachers taught like you. I've been using your website for almost 3 years now, and it has helped me so much. Thank you for deciding to do this.

[@InteractiveBiology]

Well stay tuned for more. I just started recording new videos today :)

[@sglw1]

I watched your videos while taking human anatomy and now I just finished 1st. semester of nursing school. This video is great and I particularly liked the graph usage for explain HBP. One of my suggestions would be to avoid using red writing because it isn't as easier to see as other brighter colors.! Again, thanks for posting and sharing.

[@jamiesculley858]

I'm a big fan of Interactive Biology and your other videos. This one on hypertension is a great video! Good explanation of what the systolic and diastolic readings mean. Thanks for drawing pictures too. As a visual learner diagrams and pictures always help even if they are drawn simply. I also like that you explained the terms you used so it was clear and easy to follow. I see that other people commented about the red pen on black background and that would be the only thing I would change.

[@jasoncuzzz]

I love your videos so much, you got me through some rough times doing my physiology degree!

[@InteractiveBiology]

Glad to hear it Jason Cousins. That's why I create them :)

[@joachimferrer3785]

Hello Leslie Many thanks for posting this brief introduction to Hypertension. Being a teacher of Nursing, I will recommend this to my students as they begin their journey of learning and discovery.

[@alia5551]

You are a life savior. Bravo ! been a fan of yours since the journey first began. you shall always be my hero!

[@deannpink9797]

Very informative. Keep up the good work. Your lectures are helping me as i go thru nursing school

[@ayyuen]

It has been long time to wait for your return. Please keep uploading more awesome videos:)

[@InteractiveBiology]

I'm back, and there are many more videos coming.

[@moacirlacerda]

Excellent. I love your videos. I am a physicist and appreciate your speech about hypertension. Thanks and congratulations.

[@kelechioladimeji6547]

A brilliant and well illustrative lecture.

[@Gsunnyy]

Excellent presentation and remarkably helpful!!

[@dollmm23]

You are a great teacher. Your explanations are thorough and clear. Thank you. I'm a suscriber.

[@InteractiveBiology]

Thank you very much dollmm23

[@abdul-rahmanakintomiwaajib8860]

Waohh... You really are a great teacher.. You made it look soo simple...

[@InteractiveBiology]

Why thank you very much, Abdul-Rahman. Glad you understood it. Make sure to subscribe for more.

[@stephaniebaker-jones8915]

This is an excellent video. It explains the concepts in terms that the community can understand. I teach nursing and would like to share with you that "adults with a blood pressure (BP) of 120 to 139 mm Hg systolic or 80 to 89 mm Hg diastolic, considered "normal" under previous guidelines, are classified as prehypertensive (Ignatavicius & Workman 2013. Pg. 776). Stephanie Baker-Jones

[@mannysmith1962]

congrats to you Leslie, you have been a great help to me and I appreciate your videos. This video was awsome!

[@worldwidemed3106]

Good job...on my way to watch the other 2 :)

[@shalydav]

Ok, just looked at the rest of the comments and someone else already covered it! You have a very accessible method of disseminating this information, but the first time I watched it I was on my phone, and I couldn't really tell what you were talking about because ... THICKER PEN lol. which you are getting. ;) so keep up the good work! You got me and loads of others THROUGH A&P I &II, and I am completing my first semester of nursing school in two days! Yay! Thank you Dr. Samuel!

[@InteractiveBiology]

Haha. Yep, that's the popular consensus. It's coming ;)

[@crazybaboon1749]

My first video and i immediately subscribed.Thank you very much.

[@mrPOLOsaysYOLO]

SAME

[@TheOlivoFamily]

Just a suggestion to clarify the blood inflow and outflow with some kind of your amazing graphics. This has often been a source of confusion for many. Great job! You kind of sound like Sal with your passion and friendly delivery

[@InteractiveBiology]

Great suggestion, but this was done in this format specifically for the Khan Academy competition. They prefer minimal animations.

[@TheOlivoFamily]

well crap...the heart can be very confusing to follow. Hey I learned so much classical music from "animation" ...(singing: Kill the wabbit...kill the WAABITT...kill the WAH-bitt...) lol

[@nancipantzify]

This is great. Could you possibly make a forth instalment outlining some of the causes and complications of pre-eclampsia. Your videos are a lifesaver for student nurses. Thank you.

[@InteractiveBiology]

I'll be covering many topics in the future, so stay tuned :)

[@betsyanderson5563]

Thankyou sir. I've just recently been diagnosed with this disease, Hypertension and what you've said is spot on to how ive been feeling and was general the feeling overall. I am abit over weight too Thankyou I will follow your guidelines well what you've already mentioned to sustaining a more healthy lifestyle too. Thankyou my brutha. From Australia

[@InteractiveBiology]

You are very much welcome. Glad to help.

[@aaa-jm3pq]

what program or device you used to draw ? and i love all your vedio keep up the good work

[@InteractiveBiology]

I just started using Sketchbook Express on a mac for drawing. It's pretty cool, but now I'm seeing that I need to use brighter colors and a thicker pen. The next ones will be better. This is my first time trying this setup.

[@quintonsmit6401]

Great video Leslie understand that this is just a introduction but wouldn't you think at prevention at the body weight point something like maintaining a healthy body weight or losing excess body weight would be a better description, personally think BMI is over rated but as a indication for healthy weight.

[@elenagouitel6041]

Great video! and general your videos are terrific at the same time fun and helpful! I love the them all!! :D

[@annabelledavis4675]

YES, THIS IS A GOOD VIDEO, IT IS ACTUALLY A REVISION FOR ME RIGHT NOW, I AM HAVING EXAM SOON

[@InteractiveBiology]

Woohoo, love it when the timing's right :)

[@annabelledavis4675]

I AM HAVING AN EXAM IN JANUARY CAN YOU GIVE A SUMMARY VIDEO ON NUTRITION AND DIET. I AM DOING REVISION NOW, AND MITOSIS & MEIOSIS THANK YOU

[@aliabdikarim8349]

great explaination// great tutor

[@Hotmessexpressadventures]

Thank you so much for this video!

[@InteractiveBiology]

You are so very much welcome Katie Coleman. Stay tuned for many more ;)

[@afritschka]

Great video (as always)! I remember one of my teachers using socks to describe the effects of high blood pressure: the sock at first is nice, stretchy and elastic, but over time the sock gets stretched out and loses its elasticity. I've used this analogy with my patients to help them understand the negative effects of elevated BP.

[@InteractiveBiology]

Oooo, I love that analogy. I'm gonna steal it ;)

[@InteractiveBiology]

You should've told me that one before I made the video :)

[@vickygarcia9230]

Nice explanation. Simple to understand. Good job. Just one suggestion: not to use red on black background, made it a little hard on the eyes, otherwise nice!... on to your next video.

[@InteractiveBiology]

Yep, it was my first time using this new software program. Definitely won't use the red in the future, and will make it thicker so that it stands out a bit more.

[@vickygarcia9230]

Thanks!

[@DreamCatcherDD]

Awesome you are correct in everything you have shared with us in this video:) Keep up the good work.Love it:)..yes use a thicker pen:)

[@InteractiveBiology]

Yep, thicker pen is coming ;)

[@PatrickEvans-x1v]

Does blood donation lowers hypertension?

[@attanariez]

thanks

[@bijayaghosh5158]

leslie, This is great video. I don't know whether it is computers fault but I had difficulty in reading the board particularly the ones written in red.

[@InteractiveBiology]

Nope, it's my fault. First time using this new software for this and didn't realize how unclear that would be on the recording. I'll use brighter colors and make them thicker in the future. Stay tuned :)

[@celebratinglife50]

thank you

[@nawaalabdooroft2431]

hi Mr L, excellent and well done.

[@zubeidajano1022]

Zzzzxxxxg

[@jeanmarkd12345]

Nice. Totally understood :-)

[@butterflyclark1]

love the video..thanks

[@InteractiveBiology]

You are very much welcome Tracey Clark

[@orawitherspoon2910]

love this

[@zeinadaher]

I like it, but it seems for the general public and not for students or professionals.

[@InteractiveBiology]

It's merely an introductory video. The other ones go into more advanced stuff. Gotta take it one step at a time zeina daher

[@zeinadaher]

Do not get me wrong. I like it a lot. I will watch the others and then I will write my opinion.

[@InteractiveBiology]

zeina daher Oh, I didn't take you wrong. I fully understand what you're saying. Thanks for your feedback. Looking forward to making a bunch more that dives into all sorts of details :)