Category: Hypertension

Table of Contents Introduction Behavioral Interventions Pharmacological Interventions Promotion of Self-Management Limitations Conclusion References Introduction Hypertension is one of the most common conditions that family health practitioners assess routinely in individuals of all ages and elderly patients, in particular. The prevalence of the given disease substantially increases with age. At the same time, certain factors…

Hypertension, stroke, and diabetes are some of the most frequent diagnoses for elderly persons in the US. As it stands, healthcare professionals are favoring medical interventions over educational ones in managing these diseases. However, these practices are expensive and often inefficient without the follow-up educational intervention to ensure proper use of exercise, diet, and training…

Table of Contents Risk Factors Possible Consequences Prevention Methods Treatment Approaches Conclusion References Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is a medical condition in which a persons blood pressure is continuously elevated above the norm. It is associated with a broad variety of risk factors that put most people into a potential danger group.…

Table of Contents Definition Epidemiology Clinical presentation Complications Diagnosis Conclusion References Aging is one of the inevitabilities of life, and it comes with physiologic decline together with high vulnerability to diseases. One of the common health complications that come with aging is hypertension. This condition is a common risk factor for different cardiovascular complications and…

Table of Contents Introduction Medication Diet Risk Factors and Summary References Introduction Hypertension is a serious condition because the patient may not feel the symptoms of this condition until it develops into a severe state. However, once the symptoms develop, they can affect other vital systems and organs. Hypertension is also referred to as high…

For older adults, hypertension remains one of the main causes of many adverse cardiovascular outcomes such as stroke and death. The burden of this chronic disease is feared to escalate given the worlds aging population. Accordingly, the present study focuses on T, an elderly patient with arterial hypertension. T is a 72 year-old, 155-centimeter-tall white…

Introduction High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is currently one of the topical health concerns in the US and other countries across the globe. This is largely due to the consequences and adverse health outcomes associated with it, such as stroke and other cardiovascular diseases. Some common causes of hypertension include excess weight, diets…

Table of Contents Introduction Problem Overview Epidemiological and Demographic Data HP2020 Preventive Care and Health Promotion Overview Conclusion References Introduction There is an increase in the elderly population due to advances in medicine. Along with this, diseases characteristic of old age are spreading. Among these diseases is hypertension, which is characterized by high blood pressure.…

It is recommended for Nancy to be seen regularly by specialists who know a pregnancy complicated by pre-eclampsia or blood pressure problems. The presence of chronic hypertension is a risk for moderate pre-eclampsia, and the presence of associated edema suggests that the patient already has increased vascular permeability (Beech & Mangos, 2021). On the concentration…

Hypertension (HTN) may be regarded as one of the most common cardiovascular system disorders all over the world. Characterized by a persistent elevation in the arterial pressure, this medical condition implies the rise of systolic (e 130 mm Hg) or diastolic (e 80 mm Hg) blood pressure or both of them (Iqbal & Jamal, 2022,…