Essay on Hypertension

favourable impact on aortic AI. • An Rg3-KRG supplement may be used as a CVD risk management strategy. • Consumption of AG capsules significantly improved arterial stiffness compared to a control in individuals with type 2 diabetes and associated hypertension following 3 month supplementation. • Treatment with AG resulted in an improvement of vascular endothelial function and decreased arterial stiffness, most likely through the NO pathway. • These findings are of interest because arterial stiffness

Mr. Rodriquez’s health history is limited to hypertension. The second candidate, Mr. Smith, is an uninsured 59-year-old on disability who has severe ischemic cardiomyopathy (causing systemic failure). His other medical history includes hypertension, renal insufficiency, alcohol abuse, and coronary artery disease that caused two previous myocardial infarctions. A person’s age and their lifestyle

toxicity, a mechanism that can occur is taken beyond the safe recommended dose (Fidan, Izci, Tellice, Alizade, & Açar, 2015). Patients with hypertension and coronary disease can be safely treated with beta-blockers reducing myocardial oxygen demands and slowing down myocardial contraction. However, beta-blockers are no longer considered first line therapy for hypertension due to the increased risks in developing diabetes and its use for other complicated cardiac conditions such as heart failure and angina

Literature Review High blood pressure, also known as Hypertension (HTN), is the most predominant culprit to global morbidity and mortality. Its prevalence varies with age, race, lifestyle, family history, obesity, stress, environment and certain chronic conditions. Although there is a decrement cases noted over the last decades, the prevalence in children and older adults has significantly increased in both developed and developing countries, hence, constitute an alarming public health concern

Hypertension is a modifiable because individuals cannot be innate with it but can develop it over time. Hypertension effects ischemic heart disease by creating little tears in the walls of the arteries causing scar tissue, which increases the chances of a blood clot forming (Hypertension, 2016). An unhealthy diet is considered modifiable risk factor because and individual is able to control the

Smoking, hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes, are the causes of

group of women for nine years. The findings stated that the most active women had a ‘39% lower risk of coronary heart disease’ (Roetert 2008, p.74) than the least active women. Hypertension is another major risk factor for heart disease, with ‘one quarter of the world’s adult population estimated to have hypertension’ (Diaz & Shimbo 2013). There has been a confirmed

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Atrial septal defects (ASDs) are a deficiency in the wall between the right and left atrium of the heart (5). ASDs account for 10% of all congenital heart defects(19) and 30% of those diagnosed in adulthood (20). Definitive diagnosis is by transthoracic echocardiography, though signs of an ASD can be found on physical examination, electrocardiography and chest radiography (21). There are four types of ASD, classified according to their position in the interatrial septum (Figure 2): • Ostium secundum

the diagnosis of hypertension. The patient will measure blood pressure at home. Home monitoring of blood pressure helps individuals control/manage blood pressure. Home monitoring along with support from a provider per NCBI (2015) can help patient to lower blood pressure even more. Patient also needs to be taught how too correctly measure blood pressure at how using the correct size cuff (NIH, 2015). JNC 8 guidelines recommends thiazide diuretic as an initial treatment for hypertension in individual