Hypertension

C. F. reports having chicken pox as a child. Adult Illnesses. Sinus infection x 1-2 yearly. Medical: GERD, hypertension Surgical: Partial hysterectomy in 2001 Psychiatric: Oriented to person, place, time, and situation. Calm, pleasant. Affect appropriate. Health Maintenance. Immunizations: Ms. F. states she is unsure what immunizations she had when, but knows…

What Are The Risk Of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Hypopnea Syndrome? By Wellyn Leu | Submitted On January 09, 2011 Recommend Article Article Comments Print Article Share this article on Facebook Share this article on Twitter Share this article on Google+ Share this article on Linkedin Share this article on StumbleUpon Share this article on Delicious Share this article on Digg Share this article on Reddit Share this article on Pinterest Expert Author Wellyn Leu Obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea…

uric acid level to ensure his current dose of medications are sufficient (ADA, 2014). Furthermore, with the increased vascular risk and A.G.’s current diagnoses of hypertension, now…

Hypertension however can become chronic and fatal if left untreated. Overtime, hypertension will cause damage to the arteries and can cause them to narrow and become harden. Prolonged hypertension can also damage the heart by leading to coronary artery disease, heart failure, and producing an enlarged heart. Hypertension if left untreated may also cause severe damage to the brain leading to a stroke. As mentioned, hypertension is typically an easily manageable disease…

Pulmonary Hypertension I grew up beside my neighbor Nicole, who was diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension when she was about 4 years old. PH is a very rare condition. Doctors said that she would not make it past 11/12 years old. She is now 17 years old. Before recent advancements in technology she would be required to always wear a backpack that would hold her medicine and keep it cold with small little freezer packs. Now she still has to wear the medicine pump 24/7 but it does not have to be…

Additionally, thyroid, connective tissue and neoplastic disorders can all effect cardiac function. Vasodilators, beta blockers and calcium channel blockers are associated with prior heart disease and cardiogenic risk factors such as hypertension. Oedema alone does not signify heart disease as it has many causes. In order to improve the diagnostic power of oedema as a sign of heart failure vasodilating drugs should be excluded as they can lead to oedema. Bilateral, pitting ankle oedema…

Mr. Michael is 70yrs old that weights 185lb and height of 65 inches. He has hypertension, diarrhea, depression, glaucoma, and osteoporosis. Blood pressure goes up when you are active and down when you are resting or sleeping. Sudden, dangerously high, and life-threatening blood pressure is called hypertension. His blood pressure is 170/80mmhg. Several types of drugs are used to control hypertension. These medications may be used alone or combination with other drugs. ACE inhibitors block…

Hypertension is the most common medical disorder in pregnancy ranging from 12% to 22%, and is directly responsible for 17.6% of maternal deaths in the United States (Davidson, 2012, p. 461). Hypertension in pregnancy is classified into four groups: preeclampsia-eclampsia, chronic hypertension, chronic hypertension with superimposed eclampsia, and gestational hypertension. The most common type of hypertensive disorder in pregnancy is preeclampsia. Preeclampsia is a syndrome that affects…

Diseases as a social factor impacting on health in South Africa HIV/AIDS epidemic South Africa, accounts for 17% of the global burden of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection (Mayosi & Benatar, 2014). This infection is also a major cause of an increase in infant, child and maternal mortality rates due to a lack of treatment and access thereto. The pandemic has effectively diminished the workforce, increased poverty rates, reduced agricultural productivity, and transformed the structure of…

foremost blood stress in relationship to cardiovascular hazard is a hundred and twenty/eighty mmHg. hypertension is defined through blood strain one hundred forty/90 mmHg and higher. For the prognosis of hypertension we want to degree these values at least two instances from three, in separate visits on the health practitioner. Untreated hypertension results in stress overload of left ventricle. In first time there's a compensatory hypertrophy of the ventricle, however from…