Hypertension

incidence/prevalence and causes of Hypertension in Australia and its classification and grading

Hypertension Management Detecting hypertension isn’t easy, and controlling hypertension is crucially devastating worldwide. High blood pressure awareness needs to be identified in a global standpoint to effectively lower hypertension. High-blood pressure treatment plan is vital, using the combination of lifestyle changes and medication adherence (Khatib et al., 2014). This paper highlights hypertension using qualitative articles, CASP Tool, matrix, and to provide the effective change to healthcare

10 Deadly Effects of Hypertension - Are You Aware of Them? By Sung Leong | Submitted On September 14, 2015 Recommend Article Article Comments Print Article Share this article on Facebook 1 Share this article on Twitter Share this article on Google+ Share this article on Linkedin Share this article on StumbleUpon Share this article on Delicious Share this article on Digg Share this article on Reddit Share this article on Pinterest 1 Expert Author Sung Leong Hypertension, perhaps better known

Hypertension also known as high blood pressure, it is a familiar condition which is determine by the amount of heart pumps the blood and the amount of resistance to blood flow in your arteries. The more heart pumps the blood, the smaller the arteries gets and the higher blood pressure. According to The World Health Organization, Hypertension in leading cause of cardiovascular mortality (Carvalho, Da Costa). There are plenty of modifiable and non- modifiable risk factors that deal with high blood

PRESENTATION BY: GIZELLE WILKINSON SUBJECT: ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION STUDENT NUMBER: M00037713 CLINICAL SCIENCES II INTRODUCTION Essential hypertension, otherwise known as primary or idiopathic hypertension, is a condition of raised blood pressure with no identifiable cause. Secondary hypertension occurs when blood pressure elevation results from a specific and potentially treatable cause. These include renal diseases, endocrine causes, congenital cardiovascular causes

Hypertension is a worldwide epidemic. It is a leading risk factor and a silent killer for people around the globe. It affects 78 million people in the United States and 1.13 billion people worldwide. It is a major risk factor for coronary heart disease, heart failure, cerebrovascular disease, peripheral vascular disease, retinal hemorrhage, visual impairment, renal disease, ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke. As people get older, developing high blood pressure is almost certain to happen. Most of

Gordon and I will be discussing the disease process of Portal Hypertension, and discussing how the disease process can affect the neurological, gastrointestinal, reproductive, skin, hematological, metabolic and circulatory Systems. I will also be discussing the types of treatments, the average annual cost of medication therapy, side effects of the medications, and how to prevent exacerbation of the disease from occurring. Portal Hypertension is known as an increase in the pressure of the portal venous

Hypertension: Signs & Symptoms Hypertension is defined as having a blood pressure higher than 140 over 90 mmHg, with a consensus across medical guidelines (Beevers, 2007). Hypertension is linked to many illnesses and often effects the overall health of many individuals across the nations. The exact causes of high blood pressure are not known, but several factors and conditions may play a role in its development. Activities such as chronic smoking, being overweight, obese, the lack of regular physical

Renovascular hypertension, also known as renal hypertension, is a condition in which chronically elevated high blood pressure is caused by a narrowing of the renal arteries. The renal arteries are the arteries that bring blood to the kidneys (9). This blood is processed by which the kidneys filter the blood, removing some substances and sometimes adding others. The kidneys also have several functions, which can be negatively affected by renovascular hypertension. One function is the regulation of

blood pressure range is less than 120 Systolic and less than 80 Diastolic. • Prehypertension range is 120–139 Systolic or 80-89 Diastolic • High Blood Pressure (hypertension) Stage 1 range is 140-159 systolic or 90-99 Diastolic • High Blood pressure (hypertension) Stage 2 range is 160 or higher systolic or 100 or higher Diastolic • Hypertension Crisis (emergency care needed) range is higher than 180 systolic or higher than 110 diastolic after a general health assessment all abnormalities and acute