HYPERTENSION Our paper discusses the importance of nutrition and how it plays a part on our health. Specifically focusing on the disorder‚ hypertension. Hypertension is the medical diagnosis term used for when a person has high blood pressure. Blood pressure is a measurement of the force against the walls of your arteries as your heart pumps blood through your body. In this paper‚ we go into depth on how certain types of foods increase our blood pressure and what we can do to minimize it. Lifestyle
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------------------------------------------------- Gestational diabetes Gestational diabetes (or gestational diabetes mellitus‚ GDM) is a condition in which women without previously diagnosed diabetes exhibit high blood glucose levels during pregnancy. Gestational diabetes generally has few symptoms and it is most commonly diagnosed byscreening during pregnancy. Diagnostic tests detect inappropriately high levels of glucose in blood samples. Gestational diabetes affects 3-10% of pregnancies‚ depending
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UNIT 8 ASSIGNMENT Kaplan University Hypertension can be diagnosed in variety of ways and because it’s a common illness that most Americans suffer from‚ it is very common to have patients come in everyday and be evaluated for it. The most common way to be diagnosed with hypertension is checking the patient’s blood pressure. Patients can get their blood pressure checked anywhere from a local pharmacy to their primary care office. They can even check their blood pressure
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Running head: Hypertension Intervention Paper 1 Hypertension Intervention Paper Brianna Harris‚ Zach Adams‚ Jon Fierro‚ Spencer Gilfoy Author’s note: Submitted to Miss Wigginton‚ Therapeutic Interventions: California Baptist University in fulfillment of the Therapeutic Intervention Research Paper Running head: Hypertension Intervention Paper 2 INTRODUCTION: Hypertension‚ also known as high blood pressure‚ is extremely
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Medical Surgical I Disease Process of Hypertension By Ms. Margarita Minor‚ LPN Pathophysiology The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines hypertension as an abnormally high arterial blood pressure that is indicated by an adult systolic blood pressure of 140mm Hg or greater or a diastolic blood pressure of 90mm Hg or greater. The cause is unknown but may be attributable to a preexisting condition that result in thickening and inelasticity of the arterial walls of the left ventricle
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HTreatment/Lifestyle of Hypertension A critical step in preventing and treating high blood pressure is a healthy lifestyle. You can lower your blood pressure with the following lifestyle changes: Losing weight if you are overweight or obese‚ quitting smoking‚ and eating a healthy diet‚ including the diet dash (eating more fruits‚ vegetables‚ and low fat dairy products‚ less saturated and total fat). Also‚ reducing the amount of sodium in your diet to less than 1‚500 milligrams a day if you have
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venesection and bleeding by leeches were the only treatment for ‘hard pulse disease’ which was what hypertension was known as before. The vast amount of progress in the study of hypertension was faster in the earlier decade of the 19th century because many previous beliefs were rejected. The basics of the measurement of hypertension established by Hales in 1733‚ the description of the pathology of hypertension by Thomas young and Richard bright in 1808 and the description of the stethoscopes sounds all
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INCORRECT Mr. Dunn’s blood pressure is high. The student nurse needs to assess for other symptoms before making the determination that the healthcare provider must see him that day. B) "You have hypertension. You need to start making some lifestyle changes." INCORRECT The diagnosis of hypertension is not made until the client has an elevated blood pressure on two different occasions. C) "Please sit here quietly for a few minutes. I need to recheck your blood pressure." CORRECT Mr. Dunn’s
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urine which is a warning sign for renal damage. She was placed on magnesium sulfate to help treat her hypertension and as prophylaxis for seizures. She stated she was unaware of her blood pressure until she was admitted. She also stated she is very active and is involved in high school sports and coaching and was very surprised to learn about how increased her blood pressure had become. Hypertension does not run in her family but there is a history of arthritis and cancer among her grandparents.
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[pic] OBSTETRICS POSTING CASE WRITE-UP PREGNANCY INDUCE HYPERTENSION Name: Muhammad Azraie B. Mat Ali Matrix Number: 1090265 Patient Identification Name : Nur Asilah Bt. Johari Age : 23 year old Race : Malay Sex : Female Address : Taman Raja Abdullah Occupation : Student D.O.A. : 13 March 2013 I/C : 900208035442 LMP : 27 June 2012 - sure of date - not on breast feeding - not on contraceptive
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