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primary prevention for high blood pressure is educating people who are high risk on how to avoid high blood pressure. secondary prevention is screening for those who may have high blood pressure and intervening early before its too late.
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Difference between primary hypertension and secondary hypertension?
Primary hypertension is hypertension or high blood pressure diagnosed without any other underlying disease that might have caused it. Secondary hypertension is due to another underlying disease causing the high blood pressure.
What are the 3 levels of preventive care?
Primary health care is about preventing illness or disability. This would include Well Women's Clinics, child immunisation programs, malaria prevention and that sort of thing.Secondary health care is where a patient is ill and is treated, usually by nurses and doctors. Treatment of diabetes, high blood pressure, bronchitis and minor fractures are some examples of secondary health care.Tertiary health care is where things have gone wrong and long term care and rehabilitation programs are used, for instance if someone had a double amputation, they would need artificial limbs and physiotherapy and possibly adaptations to the home.
What is the deifference between essential hypertension and secondary hypertension?
Essential hypertension is much the same as primary hypertension while secondary hypertension is high blood pressure caused by another underlying disease.
What is an example of primary prevention in hospital?
Givinging a patient heparin or another antithrombotic therapy after an orthopedic surgery to prevent a blood clot would be an example of primary prevention in a hospital.
What has the author Elizabeth C Giblin written?
Elizabeth C. Giblin has written: 'Controlling high blood pressure' -- subject(s): Prevention, Hypertension, Blood pressure
What is the primary use for the invention of Viagra?
Increase in blood pressure.
What does fibrinolysis do?
Fibrinolysis is the process that prevents blood clots from occurring or getting worse. There are two types; primary and secondary. Primary is the normal state while secondary is due to an underlying medical condition.
What meds will lowet blood ptessure fast?
propronolol primary purpose is to lower blood pressure.
What is the initial reason and primary use for the invention?
increase blood pressure
Why Blood pressure and heart beat raise?
Soda, caffeine, alcohol, drugs, and medications are some causes of high blood pressure. Two forms of high blood pressure have been described: essential (or primary) hypertension and secondary hypertension. Essential hypertension is a far more common condition and accounts for 95% of hypertension. The cause of essential hypertension is multifactorial, that is, there are several factors whose combined effects produce hypertension secondary hypertension, which accounts for 5% of hypertension, the high blood pressure is secondary to (caused by) a specific abnormality in one of the organs or systems of the body Essential hypertension affects approximately 72 million Americans, yet its basic causes or underlying defects are not always known.
What are the stages of endometrial cancer?
The American Heart Association explains the prevention of high blood pressure, also called hypertension, and the treatment of high blood is quite dangerous.
Can overexposure to radiation lead to blood disorders?
Yes-can cause Leukemia, Leukocytosis, Anemia, Primary & secondary Aplastic Anemia
