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Her legs and ankles are swollen and her skin appears dry and scaly. These are common presenting symptoms of CKD (National Kidney Foundation, 2010). Tracey’s blood pressure is recorded at 210/90mmhg, which is a high reading in comparison to a normal range of 100 to 140mmhg systolic and 60 to 90mmhg diastolic (National Heart Foundation, 2015). Tracey’s blood test results reveal her Glomerular filtration Rate (GFR) is…

ventricles are almost full the atria contracts, pumping more blood into the ventricles. The contraction completes ventricular filling, causing the pressure and volume in the ventricles to further increase. Following Atrial Systole is Ventricular Systole. This is when the ventricles contract, forcing blood back up towards the atria. When the pressure in the ventricles exceeds that in the atria it snaps the AV valves shut, causing the first heart sound, “lub.” The semilunar valves remain…

Hypertension (High Blood Pressure) What is Hypertension? Hypertension is more commonly known as high blood pressure. It is when the force of blood in the arteries stretches the artery wall past maximum capacity. This can result in health problems like heart disease or a stroke. Arteries are tubes that transport blood through the heart which then transfer blood throughout the body. There are two types of hypertension: primary hypertension and secondary hypertension. Primary hypertension is the…

High Blood Pressure (HBP), Hearth disease. Diabetes, high cholesterol, and Sickle Cell Disease (CDC, 2014). When the pressure of the blood in the arteries or another blood vessel is above the normal range, it can cause someone to get stroke. The normal blood pressure rate is 120mm Hg for systolic and 80mmHg for diastolic. The danger of blood pressure is that it does not show any signs or symptoms so the person may not know if there is a problem. The best way to prevent high blood pressure…

gave the right answer, received a stress ball. We also gave out pens and a paper that had a log set up for them, in which they can write down their daily blood pressure values and keep a check on there blood pressure themselves. Another important factor that we added in the presentation was to teach them how to use an automatic blood pressure machine by actually demonstrating it because many people might get false readings if they did not do the technique the proper…

You’re a highschool student walking in the cafeteria with your brand new outfit and stylish new-fangled shoes. So far things couldn’t get better for you. Good grades. Great friends. Fantastic parents. Then out of nowhere, as if somebody had woke up with the fixation of ruining your day, they bump into you and spill that week old sloppy joe that nobody wants all over your decorative attire. Let’s face it, in life, more than likely, you will run across someone that will upset you. how do you take…

hypertension with superimposed eclampsia, and gestational hypertension. The most common type of hypertensive disorder in pregnancy is preeclampsia. Preeclampsia is a syndrome that affects both mother and fetus. It is defined as an increase in blood pressure after 20 weeks gestation and accompanied by proteinuria in a woman previously normotensive. It afflicts 3% to 5% of pregnancies and is a leading cause of maternal mortality; especially in developing countries…

The “Best Years of Your Life” My life is a bit different from what we call “normal”. While most teens my age were going to school dances, kicking it with their boyfriends or killing it on the sports field. I on the other hand was in a hospital bed trying to feel somewhat normal. I just have to say that it wasn’t always like this for me. I was once your normal teen, talking to guys, destroying the soccer field and going out and partying on the weekends. That only lasted for a short time tho. And…

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 arteries to the flow of blood. You measure the blood pressure by measuring the diastole, which is the heart relaxing and filling with blood,…

increased left ventricle wall thickness; increased arterial stiffness; increased elastin levels; increased collagen levels; increased left atrium size; decreased aortic dispensability; and decreased vascular tone. This causes decreased diastolic pressure (during initial filling of the heart); decreased diastolic filling; decreased reaction to beta-adrenergic stimulus;…