complications can arise from damage to the microvascular (small blood vessels) system and present as neuropathy‚ retinopathy and nephropathy or damage to the macrovascular (large blood vessels) system and present as dyslipidaemia‚ atherosclerosis and hypertension. Nathan & Delhanty (2005‚ p.42) maintains that these complications may be present at the time of diabetes mellitus diagnosis and refer to diabetes as a ‘silent killer” as diabetes can go unnoticed until a major health event occurs. Diabetes
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disease‚ a large majority of them are obese and are suffering from diabetes or hypertension or both. The majority of the individuals with hypertension and/or diabetes will develop kidney disease as a result of non-compliance with the prescribed lifestyle change and/or medication prescribed. These patients account for the higher rate of chronic kidney disease in the United States. Efficacy of treatment for hypertension has been reduced mainly due to patient non-compliance with medication and lifestyle
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Personal Impact Paper NUR/427 Patient with chronic disease Hypertension is a 44years old female that on a regular physical yearly check examination to see her Doctor discover that her blood pressure is high. Patient is a divorcee with two children and works as nurse assistance in a hospital‚ patient is not overweight‚ exercise‚ watch what she eats‚ a nonsmoker‚ nonalcoholic user. However‚ patient went through a very rough spousal abusive relationship
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is maintaining an Internal Balance. If we fail to maintain an internal balance every system inside of our body will be disrupted. Hypertension To explain to a 65 year old man with an 8th grade education‚ that he has hypertension‚ I would begin explaining‚ in a manor I believe that he would understand‚ what hypertension is and how it can affect him. ‘Hypertension is when your blood pressure is high on a daily basis. Blood pressure is considered to be high when the reading is 140/90 or higher.
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strokes. Having high blood pressure (hypertension) is not usually something that you feel or notice. It does not tend to produce obvious signs or symptoms. The only way to know what your blood pressure is‚ is to have it measured. Blood pressure is measured in ‘millimeters of mercury’ (mmHg) and is written as two numbers. For example‚ if your reading is 120/80mmHg‚ your blood pressure is ‘120 over 80’. High blood pressure You probably have high blood pressure (hypertension) if your blood pressure readings
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resistance * Usually taken with beta blocker propanolol to balance reflex tachycardia and diuretic to decrease sodium retention. * Onset of action: 10-20 minutes * Duration of action: 12 hours INDICATION: * Treat moderate to severe hypertension VASODILATION: * Opens k+ channels and relaxes the smooth muscles of arterioles. * This leads to decrease in peripheral vascular resistances. * Decrease in arterial blood pressure. ADVERSE EFFECTS OF HYDRALAZINE * CNS:
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control. Hypertension is well-recognized as one of the leading risk factors for coronary heart diseases. (Roger Harms K. B.‚ June 29‚ 2012) There are around 970 million people worldwide who have high blood pressure; approximately 330 million from developed countries and 640 million from developing countries. (Kearney et al.‚ 2005) The number is expected to increase to 1.56 billion people by the year 2025; this translates to about 1 out of every 4 adults being afflicted with hypertension. (Ting Choon
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Chapter 39 Diuretics Open-Book Quiz‚ Chapter 39 1. Three uses of diuretics include treatment of hypertension‚ mobilization of edematous fluid‚ and used to prevent renal failure. 2. Aldosterone is the principal mineralocorticoid of the adrenal cortex; it stimulates reabsorption of sodium from the distal cortex. 3. Most diuretics share the same basic mechanism of action: they block sodium and chloride reabsorption. The greatest diuresis is produced by those drugs whose site of action
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Introduction: High blood pressure or hypertension meaning high pressure (tension) in the arteries. Arteries are vessels that carry blood from the pumping heart to all the tissues and organs of the body. Normal Blood Pressure is below 120/80; blood pressure between 120/80 and 139/89 is consider pre-hypertension‚ and a blood pressure of 140/90 or above is considered high. The systolic blood pressure is the pressure in the arteries as the heart contracts and pumps blood forward into the arteries
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and can voice whether their blood pressure is normal or high. Another measurable objective is that women with preexisting hypertension make a change in the following areas increase in physical activity‚ smoking cessation‚ body mass index‚ decrease in sodium intake or saturated fats‚ take medications as prescribed by doctor and regular doctor visits. To help decrease hypertension or prevention of prehypertension which helps decrease the deaths in African American women ages twenty- five through thirty-
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