Hypertension

something elders suffer from but anyone can have high blood pressure if they do not take care of their body. Our blood normal flows through out body with our heart’s pumps but with hypertension it is different. (Beckerman, 2014) “The vessels widen and contract as needed to keep blood flowing well. In a person with hypertension, however, the blood pushes too hard against the blood vessels, which can cause damage to blood vessels, the heart, and other organs.” This can cause sever damage as well…

Extreme obese people are most likely to have heart disease which can lead to strokes and even death.“This is related to hypoventilation syndrome, which is the production of pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular hypertrophy, dilatation, progressive dysfunction, and finally failure.”(Obesity and Heart disease) Sleep apnea is also very common in obese people, Sleep apnea is when during sleep there is one or more pauses in breathing…

Smoking, heavy alcohol use, substance abuse (cocaine, amphetamines) • Diabetes mellitus, obesity, metabolic syndrome, impaired glucose tolerance • Hypertension, atrial fibrillation, valvular heart disease, severe carotid artery stenosis • Hypercoagulable states (including use of OCP), pregnancy and postpartum states Etiology •…

Stephanie Huang 1003084627 Effects of DASH Diet on Cardiovascular Disease The DASH diet was designed to lower blood pressure for those with hypertension. Since hypertension is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, this diet’s effect on reducing the cardiovascular disease risk has been studied by many researchers. Through numerous studies, the DASH diet is shown to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. Through randomized control trials, Appel et al. (1997) and Obarzanek et al. (2001)…

Hepatocellular Carcinoma Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is also known as malignant hepatoma. It is the most common type of liver carcinoma. What Are The Risk Factors? The major risk factors include cirrhosis and underlying liver diseases. Cirrhosis may be caused by alcohol abuse, Hepatitis B/C virus infection, autoimmune liver diseases, chronic liver inflammation, and hemochromatosis. Some of the underlying liver diseases, which commonly manifests into HCC are: Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) infection…

This is a case study of a 76 year old female patient who is suffering from congestive cardiac failure. She has past medical history of hypertension, chronic renal failure, type 2 diabetes mellitus and hyperlipidaemia. She has been admitted in hospital several times recently and she was discharged 11 days ago from emergency department. Now she is suffering from dyspnoea and she feels like she can not catch her breath due to congestion of lungs. Her lower limbs feel like tree trunk due to oedema.…

Genetics has a strong impact on atherosclerosis, however only a fraction of cases are due to Mendelian disorders, such as LDL receptor gene mutations. Familial traits that predispose an individual to atherosclerosis include conditions such as, hypertension and diabetes and inflammatory disorders (Crowther, 2005, Falk, 2006, Kumar, 2010). Age also plays a role, as individuals between 40 to 60 years of age are at elevated risk of manifesting atherosclerosis, whilst ischemic heart disease mortality…

considered to be obese using just the BMI calculations. Doctors also measure the waist circumference to measure the central obesity. When assessing risk factors, the doctors take into account the individual’s current diagnosis, such as diabetes and hypertension. These all help to determine if the individual is truly overweight or in a healthy range with an elevated BMI due to…

undetected and untreated, how might this baby’s condition have progressed? (1 point) If this is left untreated she could develop high blood pressure in the lungs (pulmonary hypertension). This happens when too much blood circulating through the heart’s main arteries through a patent ductus arteriosus can lead to pulmonary hypertension which can cause permanent lung damage. A patent ductus arteriosus can eventually lead to heart failure. This happens because the heart is enlarged and weakened…

234,051 people died of diabetes (1). The increase of body mass index, smoking, hypertension and low physical activity have serious consequences on the health. The prevalence of obesity was…