Hypertension Essays & Research Papers

Hypertension, also referred to as high blood pressure, is a condition in which the arteries have persistently elevated blood pressure. Every time the human heart beats, it pumps blood to the whole body through the arteries. Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing up against the blood vessel walls. The higher the pressure the harder the heart has to pump. Hypertension can lead to damaged organs, as well as several illnesses, such as renal failure (kidney failure), aneurysm, heart...

High blood pressure most people live with this from day to day .Having high blood pressure plays a major role in your life as far as health, family and routine schedule. High blood pressure is shared by millions of people throughout the world and can range from moderated to severe. In the United States 32 percent of adults age 20 and older have hypertension(high blood pressure). The cause of high blood pressure can be majority of different reasons such as genetics, different diets, and...

 Hypertension Sha’mes Lashawn Handford Moss Point High School November 16, 2012 Abstract Hypertension is the most chronic medical condition that adults have. This disease affects many organs of the body including the heart, eyes, and kidney. Hypertension can increase with age, weight, and inheritance. Generally, the...

Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure is the pressure of blood squeezing against the path of the arteries. Arteries are vessels which transport oxygenized blood from the heart to the body. As blood travels through the body it creates pressure on the inside wall of the artery, the more pressure the blood flow adds to the arteries the higher the risk of the blood pressure rising. In this case the size of the small arteries affects hypertension. When the muscles within the artery...

HYPERTENSION What is hypertension? Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is a common condition that occurs when the pressure of the blood in your artery walls is so high; it starts to complicate your health. Your blood pressure is based on how much the heart pumps and the amount of resistance to the blood flowing in the arteries. The harder it pumps, the more constricted the arteries are, the higher the blood pressure reads. High blood pressure can be in a person for years and...

Hypertension (HTN) or high blood pressure, sometimes called arterial hypertension, is a chronic medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is elevated.[1] This requires the heart to work harder than normal to circulate blood through the blood vessels. Blood pressure is summarised by two measurements, systolic and diastolic, which depend on whether the heart muscle is contracting (systole) or relaxed between beats (diastole). Normal blood pressure at rest is within the range of...

bs_bs_banner Aust. J. Rural Health (2012) 20, 219–225 Original Article Prevalence of hypertension and pre-hypertension in rural women: A report from the villages of West Bengal, a state in the eastern part of India ajr_1287 219..225 Anindita Dutta, PhD,1,2 and Manas Ranjan Ray, PhD2 1 College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China; and Department of Experimental Hematology, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata, India 2...

Systemic hypertension Elevated arterial blood pressure is a major cause of premature vascular disease leading to: • cerebrovascular events • ischaemic heart disease • peripheral vascular disease. Hypertension can be said to be present in 20-30% of the adult population. The WHO International Society of Hypertension classifies non-hypertensive subjects with a systolic pressure of 130-139 mmHg or a diastolic pressure of 85-89 mmHg as having a 'high' normal blood pressure....

HYPERTENSION Our paper discusses the importance of nutrition and how it plays a part on our health. Specifically focusing on the disorder, hypertension. Hypertension is the medical diagnosis term used for when a person has high blood pressure. Blood pressure is a measurement of the force against the walls of your arteries as your heart pumps blood through your body. In this paper, we go into depth on how certain types of foods increase our blood pressure and what we can do to minimize it....

Hypertension Abstract: Hypertension is high pressure of the blood in the arteries. While Greek and Egyptian physicians first hypothesized that blood circulated through the body more than 2,000 years ago, it took a while to prove that blood was driven by pressure. Scientific theories that blood pressure varied from person to person first appeared in the 17th century and were proven and measured with measuring methods in the late 19th century. Most of the time, high blood pressure is...

Hypertensive Condition in Patients García-Donaire, J. A., Segura, J., Cerezo, C., Ruilope, L.A (2011). Review of renal, cardiovascular and mortality endpoints in antihypertensive trials in diabetic patients. 20(6), 322-334. doi: 10.3109/08037051.2011.602878 In text citation According to García-Donaire et al (2011), “Renal disease is highly prevalent in people with type 2 diabetes, and co-existence with hypertension increases the risk of cardiac events and mortality.” (p. 323). Odili,...

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...

 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...

Running head: Hypertension Intervention Paper 1 Hypertension Intervention Paper Brianna Harris, Zach Adams, Jon Fierro, Spencer Gilfoy Author’s note: Submitted to Miss Wigginton, Therapeutic Interventions: California Baptist University in fulfillment of the Therapeutic Intervention Research Paper Running head: Hypertension Intervention Paper 2 INTRODUCTION: Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is...

Health 1 Definition of Health Health 2 Definition of Health Health is a term that refers to a combination of the absence of illness, the ability to cope with everyday activities, physical fitness, and high quality of life. The most widely accepted definition is that of the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO states that "health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity" (WHO, 1946). Health also includes...

HTreatment/Lifestyle of Hypertension A critical step in preventing and treating high blood pressure is a healthy lifestyle. You can lower your blood pressure with the following lifestyle changes: Losing weight if you are overweight or obese, quitting smoking, and eating a healthy diet, including the diet dash (eating more fruits, vegetables, and low fat dairy products, less saturated and total fat). Also, reducing the amount of sodium in your diet to less than 1,500 milligrams a day if you have...

 Ashlee Shields Unit 1 Assignment 1: Homeostasis Imbalances GE 258 ITT Technical Institute-Youngstown March 22, 2014 April 5, 2014 Explaining hypertension to a 63 year old male that has only completed the eighth grade you want to make sure that you can make it so that he understands what is wrong with him and how to handle it. So instead of tell him that hypertension “is a condition that increases the risk for heart attack, stroke, kidney failure,...

DIET AND HYPERTENSION Hypertension or High Blood Pressure, as it is commonly called, is a condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is chronically elevated. With each heart beat, heart pumps blood through the arteries to the body. Blood pressure is the pressure or force with which blood is pushed against the walls of the blood vessels. If the pressure is too high, the heart has to pump harder which in turn can damage the body organ and cause illnesses like stroke, heart attack,...

TABLE OF CONTENTS: ANTIHYPERTENSIVE DRUGS: 3 OVERVIEW: 3 HYPERTENSION: 3 CLASSIFICATION OF BLOOD PRESSURE: 4 REGULATION OF BLOOD PRESSURE: 5 SITES AND EFFECTS OF ANTIHYPERTENSIVE DRUGS: 6 DIURETICS: 6 CENTRALLY ACTING DRUGS: 10 ANGIOTENSIN INHIBITORS: 11 SPECIFIC DRUGS: 14 ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTORS BLOCKERS: 14 DIRECT RENIN INHIBITOR: 15 VASODILATORS: 15 CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS: 15 OTHER VASODILATORS: 16 ANTI ANGINAL DRUGS: 16 MECHANISM AND EFFECTS OF ANTIANGINAL...

 UNIT 8 ASSIGNMENT Kaplan University Hypertension can be diagnosed in variety of ways and because it’s a common illness that most Americans suffer from, it is very common to have patients come in everyday and be evaluated for it. The most common way to be diagnosed with hypertension is checking the patient’s blood pressure. Patients can get their blood pressure checked anywhere from a local pharmacy to their primary care office. They can even check...

Assessment Mr. Dunn's blood pressure reading is 189/110. His LDL cholesterol reading is 200 mg/dl. He asks the student nurse if he should be concerned about his blood pressure. 1. How should the student respond? A) "Your blood pressure is very high. You need to see your healthcare provider today." INCORRECT Mr. Dunn's blood pressure is high. The student nurse needs to assess for other symptoms before making the determination that the healthcare provider must see him that day....

Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. I am sham from 3 rk student. Thank you for giving me the chance to share my knowledge with everyone. I am here today to deliver a speech about ‘healthy lifestyle’. There are three point which I want to discuss to all of u are about the important of having a healthy lifestyle, ways to live healthy and benefit of having a healthy lifestyle. Why healthy lifestyle are so important to us? This is because it can help us to avoid the disease and illness such as...

Cardiology Cardiovascular disease became an important issue for modern medicine at the beginning of the Twentieth century. By the late 80's coronary disease became the number one source of deaths in the United States. Every two people died from heart attacks, while three others suffered from them. Many people and their studies throughout history, dating all the way back to the 16th century up until today, have gathered the information needed to become more aware of this disease. Refined...

Homeostatic Imbalance-Hypertension Unit 1 Assignment 1: Homeostatic Imbalance in Hypertension 63-y/o Male Diagnosed with Hypertension Brigitte L. Pedersen-Thomas IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII- IIIIII ITT Technical Institute – Breckenridge School of Nursing: AP2530 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 1 Homeostatic Imbalance-Hypertension 2...

Hypertension is a common health problem especially among people over age of 60 years. This disease is diagnostic when a patient blood pressure is more than 140 to 159 over 90 to 99. Blood pressure refers to the pressure that blood applies to the inner walls of the Diabetes is an endocrine system disorder that occurs when the body is unable to control or balance the amount of sugar in blood and within bodily tissues. You know that the human body is like a machine, with organ systems that are...

Human Anatomy and Physiology I AP2530 Explaining Hypertension to a 63yr old man Hypertension is a chronic or persistent medical condition also known as high blood pressure. This condition causes the arteries to consistently elevate blood pressure. When high blood pressure is normal, the blood flows through smoothly because the artery wall is smooth. However, when an individual is diagnosed with high blood pressure, the blood flows through the...

A 62-year old diabetic black man presents in the emergency room with a swollen left leg with areas of blanching and blue mottling. A "foul odor" is coming from a dressed wound. The physicians remove the dressing and a brownish fluid is seeping from a wounded area. The fluid contains what appear to be small bits of the tissue. No pus appears to be present. The wound has a strong "rotten" odor. Five days earlier, while at his work as a farmer, he caught the leg in his manure spreader, sustaining...

The question is for adult patients with hypertension, what are the benefits of exercising 3 to 4 times a week on blood pressure compared with patients that do not exercise. Lewis defines hypertension as “continuous blood pressure greater than 140 over 90, hypertension that is not controlled.” “Hypertension or high blood pressure is an important medical and public health problem. There is a direct relationship between hypertension and cardiovascular disease, and a proportional increase in the...

Obesity as a Disease I. Abstract As a health care professional it is our position statement that obesity should be considered as a disease. Overweight and obese adults are considered at risk for developing diseases such as type II diabetes, hypertension, high blood cholesterol, coronary heart disease, and certain type of cancers. An average of 300,000 deaths is associated with obesity and the total economic cost of obesity in U.S. was about $ 117 billion in 2000. As health care professionals...

Pharmacology Case Study (25 points) Hypertension What are some common nursing diagnoses for patients with HTN? (2.5 points) "Knowledge Deficit Related to lack of information about the disease” "Risk for Decreased Cardiac Tissue Perfusion" “Headache related to increase Cerebral Vascular Pressure” "Risk for Decreased Cardiac Output” After the diagnosis of HTN is confirmed with initial studies, what further evaluations are necessary? (2.5...

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: