Research Strategies for High Blood Pressure High blood pressure or Hypertension effects more than 900 million people world wide (Hajjar‚ Kotchen‚ & Kotchen‚ 2006). This disease can affect both men and women alike and can develop at various ages. Many Americans suffer from high blood pressure and many do not know they even have this disease. High blood pressure puts an individual at risk of stroke‚ heart attack‚ and death. The purpose of this paper is to describe a research strategy toward finding
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There are hundreds of thousands of diets today‚ some prove to be more beneficial to others‚ and then there are some diets that stand out because of such a high success rate. Two diets that I believe are extremely beneficial for improving ones health‚ and has been proved successful time and time again are: the DASH diet‚ and the Flexitarian diet. By changing the way you eat‚ both diets have extraordinary benefits for your health‚ and prevent diseases such as cancer‚ heart disease‚ and high cholesterol
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Smoking also decreases the blood’s ability to carry oxygen around your body‚ which increases the chances of a blood clot occurring. Read more about the health risks associated with smoking. High blood pressure If you have high blood pressure (hypertension) it will damage your arteries in the same way as cigarette smoke. Your arteries are designed to pump blood at a certain pressure. If that pressure is exceeded‚ the walls of the arteries will be damaged. High blood pressure can be caused by: being
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INTRODUCTION Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy‚ previously known as Pregnancy Induced Hypertension (PIH)‚ are high blood pressure disorders of pregnancy. It has long been one of the major problems for mothers in pregnancy‚ along with infection and postpartum hemorrhage. PIH is classified as gestational hypertension‚ mild preeclampsia‚ severe preeclampsia and eclampsia‚ depending on how far development advances. A woman is said to be preeclamptic when her blood pressure increases and shows protein
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pharmcotherapy. About 1 in 3 or 68 million U.S. adults have high blood pressure (CDC‚ 2012). Of those with hypertension only 50% have it under control. Risk factors associated with this disease are congestive heart failure‚ heart disease‚ stroke‚ and kidney disease (CDC‚ 2012). The patients at the clinic in this scenario presented with hypertension and two different types of heart failure‚ systolic and diastolic. The difference between the diseases and treatments used to manage
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(CAD)‚ hypertension‚ hypothyroidism‚ syncope episodes‚ degenerative disk disease‚ right brachycardia‚ heart block and has had a dual chamber pacemaker inserted. The client admittedly smokes about 3 to 6 cigarettes per day‚ and is on various
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Cardiovascular disease does affect men as well. Cardiovascular disease— affects hypertension‚ heart disease‚ and stroke many experts estimate that one in two women will die of a stroke or heart disease. Cardiovascular disease is a health condition that affects the blood vessels and heart. This includes stroke (brain attack)‚ coronary heart disease‚ rheumatic heart disease (permanent heart valve damage from rheumatic fever) and hypertension (high blood pressure). Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause
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A regular exercise program can increase the uptake of glucose into cells‚ decrease obesity‚ hypertension and dyslipidemia and help decrease insulin requirements (Gilbert‚ 2011). An exercise program should be contraindicated if there are diabetic complications that include uncontrolled hypertension‚ advanced retinopathy‚ sever autonomic or peripheral neuropathy or there are ketones present in urine (Gilbert‚ 2011). Gilbert (2011) states that exercise
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in Case of Heart Failure Introduction : Beta-blockers‚ also known as beta antagonists‚ beta-adrenergic blocking agents‚ or beta-adrenergic antagonists‚ are drugs that are prescribed to treat several different types of conditions‚ including hypertension (high blood pressure)‚ angina‚ some abnormal heart rhythms‚ heart attack (myocardial infarction)‚ anxiety‚ migraine‚ glaucoma‚ and overactive thyroid symptoms. Beta-blockers block the action of the sympathetic nervous system of the heart‚ thus
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