Hypertension

Hypertensive Patient Hypertension is defined as a high blood pressure that is characterized by a systolic blood pressure that is greater than or equal to 140 mm Hg or a diastolic blood pressure than is greater than or equal to 90 mm Hg. Undeniably, Hypertension is on the rise in Canada, its prevalence is one in five adult Canadians and 25% of Canadians as of 2012 (Lewis, 2014). Not to mention, several other risk factors, both modifiable and non-modifiable predispose individuals to hypertension.…

Any concerned person in today’s society who does not want to have a life threating disease will not like the sound of cardio vascular diseases. How would you feel if one of your family members or children gets a heart disease? How would someone feel if their mother dies because she was too obese and a smoker? Losing someone really close to you is never a welcoming feeling nor preventable. As told by The American Heart Association cardiovascular diseases have been puzzling scientist for over 60…

sudden loss of brain functioning from a disruption of blood supply to a part of the brain causing temporary or permanent loss of movement, thought, memory, speech, or sensation”(Belleza, 2016, p. 1). CVA is categorized as ischemic or hemorrhagic. Hypertension accounts for the majority of ischemic CVAs or strokes. According to the American Heart Association, ischemic strokes are “caused by narrowed or clogged blood vessels in the brain that cut off the blood flow to the brain cells”("Stroke and…

Ironically, the addition of portal hypertension plays a significant role in the transformation of compensated cirrhosis to the decompensated stage. The author suggests that early diagnosis of the compensated phase and an accurate risk stratification are the key to moving toward personalized…

1.1 Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) is responsible for significantly increased morbidity and mortality, worsened New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class, and impaired quality of life in the general population [1]. For instance, data from the longitudinal population-based Framingham Heart Study suggest that AF is solely associated with a threefold to fivefold increased risk of stroke [2] and with an approximately twofold increased risk for mortality [3]. The ischemic strokes due to…

with little effect on veins. Moreover, drugs with selectivity for smooth muscle L-type channels (for example, amlodipine) are preferential to lower the risk of unwanted effects on cardiac muscle – this is particularly important in patients with hypertension and heart failure, or heart…

2013). Oedema can be categorised into two main areas, Pulmonary oedema and peripheral oedema, William suffers from peripheral oedema (Clarke, Cleland 2013). Peripheral oedema is associated with aging, trauma, alcoholism, congestive heart failure, hypertension and many more conditions. William has been affected and put at high risk because of his diagnosis of congestive heart failure and his age. The oedema is caused by an accumulation of fluid build up that is causing swelling in Williams’s…

Assignment 1.2 Teaching Strategies Hypertension is blood pressure that exceeds 140/90 mm Hg or higher (a diagnosis can be established after three or more blood consecutive pressure readings). Antihypertensive medication is often used to reduce blood pressure. The blood pressure is the amount of blood the heart pumps and the resistance of blood flow in the arteries. If the heart pumps more blood than needed, or the arteries become narrower the result will be a higher blood pressure (3). The main…

Hypertension A.K.A. High Blood Pressure I picked High Blood Pressure also known as Hypertension for my disease for this assignment. The main reason is because it seems everyone around me has high blood pressure. A coworker has high blood pressure and did not take his medications and ended up having a really bad stroke. I didn’t realize until that happened that it could be as serious as a stroke to people. My husband has high blood pressure and I am on him all the time about taking his medicine.…

Hypertension is a condition present when blood flows through the blood vessels with a force greater than normal. (Beam, Adams, 2014) When a person has high blood pressure the body has to work harder to push blood through the circulatory system. This puts stresses on the body that can be treated with medication or lifestyle modifications. The heart works harder to pump blood from the left ventricle when a person has hypertension because it is working against a greater…