Observation: Improving patient care has become a priority for all healthcare providers with the overall objective of achieving a high degree of patient satisfaction. A number of contributing factors to improving patient care include greater awareness among the public, increasing demand for better care, keener competition, and more healthcare regulations. One of the greatest methods of enhancing patient care is self-reflection. Reflective practice is a requirement for career progression in healthcare. However, if done properly, it can greatly enhance the...
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Renal sodium reabsorption is a tightly regulated mechanism controlling the body volume and consequently, blood pressure. Various genetic mutations giving rise to salt-wasting disorders have been identified on proteins responsible for sodium reabsorption, including those of NCC in the distal convoluted tubule (DCT). However, not only increased sodium in the urine, patients of such disorders are commonly characterized by hypomagnesemia. Moreover, the putative magnesium sensor in the DCT, CNNM2, has also been associated with blood pressure regulation. These indicate that...
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I consider high blood pressure to be the main health disease in Bahrain. One third of Bahrainis are having this disease whereas 15% of Bahrainis have diabetes. High blood pressure can develop different heart diseases, which are in high percentage in Bahrain too, and therefore causes death. Which makes the disease more dangerous is that it has no symptoms that is why it is called silent killer. Reasons for this high percentage are the fact that most of the Bahrainis...
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The developmental origins of health and disease theory posits that early life experiences may be associated with adult chronic disease development, including obesity and cardiovascular diseases. Consequently, there has been interest in the associations between birth weight, body composition and chronic diseases, such as hypertension. At the 64th Annual Conference of the Caribbean Public Health Agency in 2017 it was noted that the Caribbean is in the midst of a childhood obesity epidemic with statistics showing that at least one...
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The following experiment is one that involves the repeated contraction of muscles in the forearm in order to obtain data of the maximal grip strength and the factors that affect it. Muscles are a type of connective tissue that are attached to the bone by tendons and to each other by ligaments, and the tissue responsible for movement. The muscles that this experiment is focusing on are the muscles in the forearm which is mainly made up of skeletal muscles....
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INTRODUCTION Obesity has been studied for years and is still being studied today (2). The leading cause of mortality worldwide is cardiovascular diseases, hypertension and diabetes, and this is associated with obesity. There are many contributing factors to obesity than one would think. Some of the health issues that could be life threatening are hypertension, diabetes, coronary disease, heart failure, etc. (2). Obesity is the most common health disorder in the United States, and affects the majority of adults in...
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Hypertension is a very dangerous condition, and it is because of the heart problems that it can cause a person. “Hypertension is a disease whose chief characteristic is high blood pressure. High blood pressure occurs when the blood being pumped from your heart, pushes too hard against the walls of your veins” (Jenkins 2). Mainly it is very detrimental when a child has high blood pressure, when they have this heart disease it can affect them more in their adult...
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Some people ask ' What is hypertension?' or ' What effect does it have on our body?' Well, Hypertension is when the force of blood against the artery walls get so high it causes a bunch of problems all over our bodies. Sounds complicated, right? Mainly all hypertension is high blood pressure that causes our blood to rise over the artery's wall. Here are some more things to know about Hypertension: Hypertension can cause A LOT of symptoms by itself....
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Hypertension is one of leading illnesses in America: one out of every three Americans has this traitor disease. If you have blood pressure which is higher than normal, stroke and heart attack is only an inch closer, and you may never know when it hits you. There are hardly any high blood pressure symptoms to look out for, that’s why it helps to always be at check for your blood pressure regularly. If you have parents, relatives or family members...
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INTRODUCTION High blood pressure is one of the most common old age health issues and is one of the major risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. People over the age of 65 suffer mostly from isolated systolic hypertension with increased pulse pressure, resulting from loss of arterial elasticity. There are two types essential hypertension and secondary hypertension. There are a number of pathophysiological mechanisms of a permanent increase in BP in old age, similarly to younger age. In old age. Hypertension...
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Hypertension is the most hazardous disease seen in the modern world today. It is also referred to as a silent killer due to its silent nature affecting the lives of several people. As per the research it is being stated that hypertension is not a disorder of separate characteristics however, its appearance exists as a symptom of some other disorders. In many cases, you will never find one single recognized cause of hypertension. You should collect hypertension information to know...
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INTRODUCTION The stable West-African country Ghana is a nation on the rise, recently being upgraded from a low- to a lower middle income country (1). However, economy and welfare are not exclusively rising in Ghana: hypertension and consequently cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are on the rise as well (2–4). Hypertension, defined by a blood pressure (BP) >140/90 mmHg, affects 1.13 billion people globally (5). It is the largest single contributor to burden of disease worldwide (6) and one of the most...
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Hypertension can be described as, the level of blood pressure reached when treatment is advantageous to an individual. Ideal blood pressure is seen to be between 90/60mmHg and 120/80mmHg1. Within the population, it is described as normally distributed2. People are not classified into subgroups of normotensive and hypertensive as many factors come into play2. There are two main types of hypertension and these are classified as primary (essential) and secondary. Essential hypertension is a condition in which there are no...
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Cardiovascular Diseases (CVDs) are the number one cause of death globally, as many people still their lives to deaths from CVDs than from any other cause. An estimated 17.9 million people died from CVDs in 2016, representing 31% of all global deaths. Out of these deaths, 85% are due to heart attack and stroke. Hypertension, also known as high or raised blood pressure is a global public health issue. It attributes to the burden of heart disease, stroke and kidney...
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The management of hypertension in patients can improve their overall health and reduce the risk of other comorbidities that can arise from being untreated, especially those newly diagnosed. Orem's theory poses the concept of self-care and the abilities that patients have to improve their self-care. An individual’s ability to perform self-care is defined as the practice of activities that individuals initiate and perform on their own behalf in maintaining life, health, and well-being. This can include the use of self-blood...
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Abstract Hypertension is a serious health problemoriginates from a combination of genetic, environmental, and social factors.Environmental factors are overweight/obesity, bad diet, high dietary sodium, stress, lack of physical activity, smokingand alcohol consumption. Higher degree of BP control can be achieved by providing a care source, maximum adherence, and minimizing therapeutic lethargy. The targeted technique to be followed includes many interventions to raise the awareness among people, provide the right treatment, and control for individuals. Team-base care system is the latest...
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Hypertension is another term used for high blood pressure, where it is measured in pressure units and typically found in patients at 160mmHg/100mmg. It is measured at the systolic and diastolic. The hyperlipemia is combined with the hypertension, where it is known as a high lipid/cholesterol count, where the LDL levels are at 2mmol/L are known as a high risk. The key drugs available for this are either Thiazide diuretics, b1- adrenoreceptors antagonists and ACE inhibitors which would work alongside...
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