Hypertension Hypertension also known as high blood pressure is a common condition in which the force of the blood against your artery walls is high enough that it may eventually cause health problems‚ such as heart disease. Blood pressure is determined by the amount of blood your heart pumps and the amount of resistance to blood flow in your arteries. The more blood your heart pumps and the narrower your arteries‚ the higher your blood pressure. High blood pressure is the leading cause of stroke
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Rough draft for patient education plan Diagnosis: Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) What is it? A (UTI) Urinary Tract Infection happens when bacteria enters and multiplies in the sterile urinary tract which causes inflammation and can result in small amounts of blood‚ pus‚ and bacteria in the urine. This can cause pain with urination‚ a sense of needing to urinate frequently‚ and sometimes cramping in the lower abdomen. The infection can involve the urethra‚ the bladder‚ sometimes the ureters
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not in a high beneficial situation. There are other programs that lacks information through its target market that results in low enrollment rate in some courses. Product/ Service Analysis: The Lyceum of the Philippines- Laguna are offering an educational service towards its customers or the students. Under the College of Business and Accountancy‚ the service given are on good marks. With its vision: The College of Business and Accountancy envisions itself to be
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fat‚ sugar‚ dairy and refined flours‚ are experiencing increases in cardiovascular diseases. While it is true that the overall populations longer lifespan is a contributing factor to the increases in cardiovascular disease and hypertension‚ it must be noted that hypertension is
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My grandfather has been suffering from hypertension for over 10 years. In 2011‚ my grandfather was admitted to the hospital because of stroke. He alive after the emergency treatment and surgery‚ as the domestic helper of my grandfather called the ambulance via calling the hotline of the police as soon as possible after my grandfather cannot move his limbs of left and feels the pain of his heart. After the accident happened‚ my family members and I went to a hospital to visit my grandfather. One of
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Question #5 Unlike their friend Jemima‚ the other patients have all experienced a drop in blood pressure (Hypotension) and have an elevated heart rate (125-135 bpm) Hypertension occurs when blood pressure drops below 90 mm Hg systolic or 60 mm Hg diastolic number. Due to the girls all consuming substances that affect their bodies to normally retain water‚ they have all suffered similar symptoms but to different degrees. Dehydration causes the volume of blood circulating through the body to decrease
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High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) High blood pressure or hypertension means high pressure (tension) in the arteries. Arteries are vessels that carry blood from the pumping heart to all the tissues and organs of the body. High blood pressure does not mean excessive emotional tension‚ although emotional tension and stress can temporarily increase blood pressure. Normal blood pressure is below 120/80; blood pressure between 120/80 and 139/89 is called "pre-hypertension"‚ and a blood pressure of
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Care Plan Worksheet Student: Date of Care: Age/Gender: Rm Number: Code Status: full Allergy: NKA Admitting Diagnosis : embolic cerebral vascular accident (CVA)‚ right side Current Medical/Surgical Diagnosis: chronic left ventricle thrombus on anticoagulant‚ hypertension‚ chronic kidney disease stage 3 Past Medical/Surgical History: metastasis of prostate cancer‚ primary; bone cancer‚ secondary; cardiomyopathy‚ a central hypertension‚ left bundle branch lock‚ past substance abuse
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Explaining hypertension to a 63-year old man with an 8th grade education: Hello sir‚ the doctor wanted me to come in and talk to you for a minute. I understand that u have just been diagnosed with hypertension. I want to make sure you understand what that is and what goes along with it. Hypertension is just our fancy word for high blood pressure. Blood pressure is the amount of pressure that your blood is putting on the walls of your arteries. Now most people don’t even realize they have high
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AFFECTING HYPERTENSION FACTORS THAT CAN BE CHANGED Sedentary Lifestyle Those who do not exercise are more likely to develop hypertension. These people tend to have higher heartbeat rates than those who work out‚ and this forces the heart to work harder during each contraction. This puts more pressure on the arteries‚ so the propensity for heart diseases or heart attacks becomes greater. A sedentary lifestyle is also a precursor to being overweight or obese‚ which is another hypertension risk factor
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