Hypertension

the United States CDC, one in three American adults suffers from hypertension. With so many Americans having high blood pressure it is no surprise that hypertension is one of the most dangerous conditions, leading to death, in the elderly. Doctors often skip directly to subscription, medications to help control elevated blood pressures, but other problems can arise from these medications, like dementia. The earlier the hypertension is diagnosed, the faster doctors can help create a treatment plan

Hypertension is one degenerative disease that is prevalent among African Americans. African Americans are also known to be affected to this more than the American majority. First of all, Hypertension, which is also known as high blood pressure, is a serious medical condition in which the force of blood pumping through the arteries is too strong (Eisenberg, 2012). The heart is the organ in your body that pushes out blood to the arteries, and if it is too hard, the blood pressure will rise (Eisenberg

Hypertension Vicki is a 42-year-old African American woman who was diagnosed with Hypertension a month ago. She has been married to her high school sweetheart for the past 20 years. She is self-employed and runs a successful insurance agency. Her work requires frequent travel and Vicki often has to eat at fast food restaurants for most of her meals. A poor diet that is high in salt and fat and low in nutrients for the body and stress from her job are contributing factors of Vicki’s diagnosis of

Hypertension There are so many things within this world that the people deal and suffer with. Some examples are that of heart disease, strokes, cancer, diabetes, etc. I would like to focus on but one of the things that directly affects my family and could possibly affect myself one day. The culprit that has taken hold of both of my parents and many of my aunts and uncles is that of Hypertension. I had some questions when I heard the word Hypertension: What in the world could that be? How do people

African American has been plague with hypertension, otherwise known as high blood pressure or the “silent killer” for decades. It is estimated that approximately 72 million Americans - almost 1 in 3 adults – are affected by this disease (National Heart Lung Blood Institute (NHLBI)). However, hypertension is more common in African Americans than Whites and other ethnic groups for the different classifications of blood pressure levels. According to Rosamond et al., 2007” African Americans have the

BACKGROUND Background1-6 • Hypertension is persistent elevated blood pressure causing increased pressure against arterial walls leading to stretching and damage to organs such as heart and kidneys, of which systolic blood pressure (SBP) is an important predictor. • Reduction in blood pressure is positively correlated with reduced incidence of cardiovascular events • Hypertension is treated with daily lifestyle changes along with pharmaceutical drugs to achieve a lower systolic blood pressure, however

Primary hypertension has no signs and symptoms beside high blood pressure, it is usually found when patient have their routinely checkups. Secondary hypertension have certain signs and symptoms that are specific to them. Such as having high blood pressure that doesn’t respond to any mediation that is for high blood pressure, having previous high blood pressure medication that use to work but no longer work anymore, and having a systolic pressure that is above 160 and a diastolic pressure that is

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a disease characterized by progressive pulmonary vascular functional and structural changes associated with an array of pathologies that eventually results in increased pulmonary vascular resistance, right heart failure, and death (Vorhies & Ivy, 2014; Wardle & Tulloh, 2013). Currently there is no cure for pulmonary hypertension, and the treatment options vary from conventional oral, inhaled, intravenous and subcutaneous medical options with the possible need for heart

Hypertension, (HTN) also known as high blood pressure is defined as an elevated arterial blood pressure, with a reading more than 140/90. Once develops, it usually lasts for life. It can be treated and controlled very well. It is now known that African Americans develop HTN earlier in life and it is more severe at any decade of life than other ethnic groups. They are 3 -5 times as likely as whites to have renal complications and end-stage kidney disease. Because of the frequency of the disease,

resulting in portal hypertension. The portal collaterals relieve some of the pressure in the portal system but may contribute to cirrhosis-related complications such as varices (Liou, 2014). Portal hypertension is usually estimated by the hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG). Normally, HVPG ranges from 3 to 5 mmHg. In the compensated stage of cirrhosis, patients initially have moderate portal hypertension (>6 to <10 mmHg) with a low risk of decompensation. However, as portal hypertension progresses to