Hypertension High blood pressure is also known as hypertension is on the rise among all age groups due to poor dietary habit‚ aging‚ and sedentary/behavioral lifestyle. However‚ health care providers‚ patients‚ dieticians‚ and parents can jointly work together to eliminate this silent killer. The seventh Joint National Committee defines hypertension as a sustained systolic blood pressure above 140 mm Hg or higher or a diastolic pressure of 90 mm Hg or above in three separate occasions. However‚ one
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2. Literature review This chapter reviews the literature on hypertension and hyperlipidaemia and their relation to risk factors including age‚ gender‚ genetics‚ diet and weight‚ alcohol‚ smoking‚ lack of activity and co-morbidity. It also examines mediating factors including economic factors‚ stress/personality‚ medications‚ lifestyle modifications and complementary therapies including foot reflexology and foot massage. Finally‚ it reviews outcomes (quality of life) including physiological‚ psychological
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Hypertension is the medical term for high blood pressure. A normal blood pressure is 120/80. A blood pressure reading higher or equal to 140/90 is considered abnormally high. Elevated blood pressure means your heart is working harder than normal‚ putting both your heart and arteries under great strain. High blood pressure is serious business. On average‚ people with uncontrolled hypertension are:<br><li>Seven times more likely to have a stroke. <br><li>Six times more likely to develop congestive
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Michael Franchina Comm. 3300 5/7/10 Hypertension‚ also known as high blood pressure‚ is a chronic condition in which blood pressure is elevated. “Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the walls of arteries as it flows through them. Arteries are the blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood from the heart to the body ’s tissues. As blood flows through arteries it pushes against the inside of the artery walls. The more pressure the blood exerts on the artery walls‚ the higher
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Public Health Problem Hypertension is when there is an elevated force of blood in the human body. High blood pressure virtually exists everywhere in the world and in almost every community. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2016)‚ 75 million people are inflicted with increased blood pressure levels in the United States. Unfortunately‚ there is no root cause or definite explanation to hypertension. In most cases‚ it generally develops over time and often it is common in
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Portal Hypertension Abdominal Ultrasound Portal hypertension is a pathologic condition characterized by an excessive increase in the pressure within the portal vein or one of its branches. Typical portal vein pressure is 5 to 10 millimeters of mercury (abbreviated mmHg). When the pressure exceeds 5 mmHg above inferior vena cava pressure‚ it is characterized as portal hypertension. The portal vein carries nutrient rich blood from the digestive system to the liver. Normally‚ the veins come from
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Hypertension (HTN) is a risk factor for coronary heart disease and account the single most important risk factors for stroke‚ affecting more than 1 billion people worldwide and is considered as one of the top global risk factor for mortality (Kearney et al 2005). The incidence of HTN rises with increasing age; indeed‚ the greater of elderly people have high blood pressure (BP) (Franklin 2006). Suggesting that an individual with normal BP older than 50 years of age‚ the probability during the next
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in Preventing Hypertension Ted Angelo Cruz Marcelo H. del Pilar National High School Abstract This research was conducted to help people with hypertension to have a home remedy for their disorder. Hypertension is the major risk factor of cardiovascular diseases. (Riaz‚ 2011). So it must be prevented as soon as you discover you have the hypertension disorder. In this research garlic is tested to prevent hypertension. My hypothesis was if garlic can cure mild cases of hypertension‚ then you can
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High blood pressure in the lungs is called pulmonary hypertension or pulmonary arterial hypertension. Pulmonary hypertension is high blood pressure in the arteries starting from the heart towards the lungs. Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is defined as a sustained elevation of the pulmonary arterial pressure to greater than 25 mmHg at rest or greater than 30 mmHg following exercise‚ with a mean pulmonary-capillary wedge pressure (an indirect measure of left atrial pressure) of less than 15
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Discharge Teaching Plan Patient History Patient is a white female admitted with Mood Disorder NOS and R/O Bipolar Disorder. She has a strong family history—mother is positive for Bipolar Disorder and Anxiety Disorder and has attempted suicide 3X since January. Her uncle is positive for Personality Disorder. Patient was raped at her stepfather‚ sexually abused by her Grandfather whom she resides‚ and physically abused by her biological father whom she resided with for 6 months‚ prior to moving
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