Essay on Hypertension

Plan for the city of Hartford I have chosen to focus my paper on cardiovascular disease (CVD) and stroke within the homeless population. I have been encountered with many residents at the homeless shelter I am currently working at with severe hypertension. Some of the residents have expressed little or no interest in learning how this can affect their long term health. It seems necessary to provide a health promotion plan in helping this community better manage their risk factors in preventing CVD

According to a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2016) report, one out of three Americans suffers hypertension (HTN), and that accounts for 75 million or 29% of the adult population in the United States (U.S). All told, hypertension costs America 48.6 billion dollars in health care expenditures, medications, and missed days of work among the American population (CDC, 2016). According to the Texas Health Data (2013), death rate among 26,448,193 residents of Texas, 170.1 deaths

Based on the patient information provided, the diagnosis of hypertension, fibromyalgia and hypothyroidism and the physical examination found dry skin with keratosis pylari due to lack of omega -3 –fatty acid1 and noted white spots on the nails (leukonychia) which is caused by zinc deficiency, Muehrcke's lines which indicates protein deficiency and tongue slightly thickened with scalloped edges, which is caused by underactive thyroid glands2. The patient is currently taking medication Thiazide diuretics

Percent of non-institutionalized adults ages 20 and over with hypertension: 33% (2007-2008) (Source:  Health, United States, 2010 [pic]) 2.  Number of ambulatory care visits (to physician offices, hospital outpatient and emergency departments) with hypertension as primary diagnosis: 46.3 million 3. Nursing home care 1. Number of residents with hypertension: 790,300 2. Percent of residents with hypertension: 53% (Source: 2004 National Nursing Home Survey[pic])

visit. SUBJECTIVE Mr. Martin presents to clinic today for routine management of his known hypertension. Currently, he is treated with Norvasc 10 mg once daily. He reports good compliance with the medication; however, he does not feel like it has been very effective. He has been working on lifestyle modification and had lost some weight prior to incarceration. He reports successful treatment of his hypertension with hydrochlorothiazide and lisinopril. He would like to return to these medications

Anthony explained that he was diagnosed with hypertension at 46 years old. The chance of having hypertension increases the older you become. (National Institute of Aging 2015). There are other causes that would have contributed to Anthony’s diagnosis but his age would have been a factor. The normal healthy blood pressure for adults is 120/80. Anthony’s last blood pressure was 130/80. This isn’t too bad and shows that the medication and lifestyle choices Anthony has been making are making a difference

body. Healthy arteries are flexible, strong and elastic. Moreover, Atherosclerosis can lead to excessively high blood pressure also known as Hypertension and that can lead to a chronic condition in which the heart doesn't pump blood as well as it should which is known as Heart failure. In this essay, I will be going in depth about Atherosclerosis,Hypertension,and heart failure by explaining what each one is,how it is caused, the symptoms for each one,how to treat it,and last but not least,how to

factors in the development in type 2 diabetes, these risk factors include but are not limited to: family history, obesity, chronic physical inactivity, race or ethnicity, history of glucose tolerance, impaired fasting glucose, or hemoglobin Alc and hypertension. Type 2 diabetes is often assumed to be asymptomatic. However, an increase in urination lethargy has been reported in a majority of patients. There are pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatments to manage type 2 diabetes. Pharmacological

Sara Terry Nutrition Diet Paper High blood pressure, hypertension, effects more than 65 million people, or 1 out of every3 people. Another 59 million people are have hypertension which is a slight increase in blood pressure which can lead to serious health problems (Nhibi.nih.gov, 2013). High blood pressure is dangerous because it can harden artery walls, make the heart pump harder and can cause the brain to hemorrhage. If not controlled, the consequences of living a life with high blood

Providing a nursing care, gives us the opportunity to learn that clients with the same co-morbidities will be different from one-another and each case will be unique, hence it will affect the planning our nursing care. In our case, we are caring for a patient that has several diagnoses: Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus, Congestive Cardiac Failure, Chronic Renal Failure, Deep Venous Thrombosis and Rheumatoid Arthritis. Knowing patient’s condition, we should know that we are looking after a patient