Hypertension

against the walls of the arteries. Hypertension is a medical condition when the systolic blood pressure measures more than 140mmHg and diastolic measures more than 90mmHg. The World Health Organisation considers hypertension as a serious epidemic. According to the last estimate by WHO, 40% of the adults aged 25 and above had been diagnosed with hypertension. In 1980, 600 million people around the world had Hypertension, by 2008, there were 1 billion people with hypertension. Blood Pressure…

Case Study: Nursing Management of a patient with Hypertension Introduction(250) This essay will consider the case of Mr RR 66 year old with a history of hypertension. He is smoking, recently retired and used to work as a lory driver for Ford . He leaves alone, independently and he has a dog. His wife died 2 years ago and his only daughter lives nearby. Author meet Mr. R.R. while in a hospital placement; he was approachable, open and consented for the author to have access on his medical…

adults are suffering from hypertension. According to mayo clinic staff Hypertension is condition where the force of the blood against the artery walls is high enough, which could cause health complications such as heart diseases. Blood pressure is measured by the amount of blood the heart pumps and the amount of resistance of blood flow in your arteries. The more blood the heart pumps and the narrower the arteries get, the higher the blood pressure. You could have hypertension without showing…

Hypertension Biology 202 Summer 2016 8 a.m. Online Devynne Carter Hypertension is when a person’s force of blood against the artery walls is consistently elevated over a long period of time and causes a constant blood pressure reading above 140/90 mm Hg. When blood pressure is high over long periods of time it can cause permanent long term effects to the blood vessels. You get this reading by measuring how much blood is pumped out of the heart and the overall resistance of the…

Community Assessment Project Hypertension Mary Stallings Fayetteville State University Introduction Hypertension, most commonly known as high blood pressure, is a serious cardiovascular disease that affects about 1 of 3 U.S. adults—or about 75 million people. ("High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) Information | cdc.gov," 2018). High blood pressure is a common condition in which the long-term force of the blood against your artery walls of the heart is high enough that it may eventually…

Diabetes and hypertension is a prevalent, worldwide epidemic that is on the rise. Everyday, more and more people are diagnosed with diabetes mellitus (DM) or hypertension (HTN); at times, some patients are diagnosed with both. In 2012, 1.7 million new cases were diagnosed among people who are aged 20 years or older in the United States. According to the CDC 2014 National Diabetes Statistics Report, 29.1 million or 9.3% of the United States population have diagnosed or undiagnosed diabetes. In…

Hypertension Yocasta Mercedes Xiaopeng Zhou MD MED 115-M03 Summer 2015 Hypertension Is a cardiovascular disease, in which the blood pressure is abnormally high. For a person be Hypertensive the blood pressure has to be higher than 140 over 90 mmHg, this means the systolic reading is over 140 mmHg or the diastolic reading is over 90 mmHg. The blood pressure, in mmHg:  Normal blood pressure is less than 120 systolic and when the diastolic is less than 80.  Prehypertension is…

Hypertension Introduction Hypertension is the most common condition of vascular disorder. According to recent researches, in the US, nearly 1 in 3 people are diagnosed with hypertension and in most cases patients do not experience any signs and symptoms; as a result it is known as silent killer (CDC.gov, 2014). However, high pressure of the blood against the arteries might cause headache, redness, dizziness or syncope. If left untreated hypertension can cause other lethal health problems (Mayo…

2004). Hypertension the formal name given to high blood pressure by the medical community…

The condition is currently the number one cause of strokes and a leading contributor to heart attacks. Also known as hypertension, most people don't even realize they have it until they visit their doctor for a normal checkup. Below, we'll explore how your arteries work, who is at risk of developing high blood pressure, and the difference between essential and secondary hypertension. Your Arteries Blood moves through your arteries on its way to various parts of your body. Under normal…