Hypertension

collapses, and closes during sleep. This condition can lead to repeated interrupted breathing problems, during the sleep period. Symptoms of OSA consists of excessive daytime sleepiness, problems with memory and concentration and increased risk of hypertension. Moreover OSA can be responsible for poor performance and vehicle accidents while driving. Most individual’s with apnea have BMI over 30 and moderate weight loss can significantly improve the…

Next on my dad’s side of the family tree is my Aunt Shannon. Shannon has had heart disease since her 30s and has undergone a couple of heart surgeries to place in stints, and has high blood pressure too. She has recently lost weight by eating a more balanced diet and increasing her physical activity. This increase in physical activity and weight loss thus decreases her risk of obesity, cancer, and diabetes (NCHPAD). One way Shannon increased her amount of physical activity was by joining a club.…

health was being brought up by his culture. Hypertension is caused by lifestyle habits (Drinking, smoking, stress, nutrition, physical activity, weight) and predetermined factors (genetics, age, ethnicity/ race). The progression of essential hypertension begins with prehypertension in persons aged 10-30 years old (Nihgov, 2016), and the incidence increases as you aged and is prevalent cardiovascular disease to older people (Eliopoulos, c2014 p270). Hypertension is also known as high blood…

pressure, scientifically known as hypertension is a very common disease in adults. This happens when blood flows through blood vessels at higher than normal pressures. There are different causes to this disease. Some include smoking, diet with a lot of sodium, and poor physical activity. Although it is hereditary, there are ways to prevent complications from hypertension like a heart attack, dementia, and kidney disease. Tobacco is a leading cause for hypertension. The chemicals that are put in…

According to Kindig and Stoddart, population health model creates the knowledge and solutions of health differences among different groups. The determinants of health are to explore the distribution of health in different groups to conclude the good or poor outcomes (kindig & Stoddart, 2003). The multiple determinants of health derived from five domains such as the social and economic environment, the physical environment, genetics, medical care, and behavior related health. In book of Jonas and…

It leads to chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes which may result in kidney failure, stroke or heart attack overtime. High blood pressure is a condition where by blood is pumping at a pressure higher than it normally would in the arteries. Obesity alters a number of hormonal levels…

Amiodarone (Cordarone). Mr. Borg received amiodarone (Cordarone) 150 mg IV over 10 minutes (15 mg/min), to treat a supraventricular tachyarrhythmia with a ventricular response over 160 beats/minute. Amiodarone (Cordarone) is used to treat life threatening heart rhythm problems called ventricular arrhythmias (Amiodarone (Intravenous Route), 2015). Amiodarone (Cardarone). The physician prescribed amiodarone (Cordarone) 200 mg po qd to help maintain a normal heart rhythm. This medications is used…

Kathryn’s hypertension is a risk factor that has lead to her condition of mitral valve regurgitation. Congenital heart failure and heart attacks are long-term risk factors associated with both mitral valve regurgitation and hypertension. Kathryn’s condition affects her acts of daily living through symptoms experienced…

This, coupled with the large population of individuals who have been diagnosed with hypertension, especially the just over 36 million who have uncontrolled hypertension (High Blood Pressure Fact Sheet), increases the level of services, treatments, and procedures provided and places a large financial burden on the healthcare system. The clinical grade wearable has the potential…

Question Three Descriptive data The following is a discussion of the descriptive data for the variables systolic blood pressure , diastiloc blood pressure, gender and nationtonal insitute of health hypertension category used to decribe the sample. Within this sample of 50 particpants, the average systolic blood pressure obtained was 135.88. This average takes into consideration all scores obtained within this sample population (Loiselle et al., 2011). If the scores were rearrange from the…