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Hypertension

Hypertension is chronic high blood pressure. It is a major health problem, especially because it has no symptoms. For diagnostic purposes, blood pressure is considered high when persistently above 140/90 mm|Hg.

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What is The condition of very low blood pressure?

It may be due to a hundred different reasons. Only a doctor can properly diagnose something like this. But remember, in spite of all you might be fearing, it could simply be hypoglycemia, due to a long enough gap from some proper food..!

Food to lower high blood presure?

Grapefruit Juice; yet you had better be monitored if possible.

Are hypertension and pulmonary hypertension the same?

Postural means standing. Hypertension means high blood pressure and hypotension is low blood pressure. You get a different reading if you are sitting versus standing while taking blood pressure.

How long can a 84 year old person with complete kidney failure live?

This entirely depends on the patient, and what treatment options are available. From what you have said, it sounds like this person may have ESRD (end-stage renal disease). The main treatments for this are dialysis, or transplant. Which treatment option the doctors will choose depends on the general health of the individual, and the relative chance of success.

Unfortunately, it will be very hard for anyone to answer your question given that they do not know the patient or their medical background.

However, I have pulled off some generic statistics for you to take a look at. From my understanding as a medical student, chance of success tends to decrease with age.

Dialysis survival (%)

1 year (2005-2006): 78.7

2 years (2004-2006): 64.3

5 years (2001-2006): 33.1

10 years (1996-2006): 10.3

Patient survival following deceased-donor transplant(%)

1 year (2005-2006): 94.1

2 years (2004-2006): 91.7

5 years (2001-2006): 80.2

10 years (1996-2006): 60.9

Patient survival following living-donor transplant(%)

1 year (2005-2006): 98

2 years (2004-2006): 96.5

5 years (2001-2006): 89.9

10 years (1996-2006): 77.3

I have also found this extract, which outlines the prospect of survival if the patient chooses to have neither a transplant, nor dialysis.

However, when there is kidney failure in elderly, many of them do not want to have dialysis. So, how long can an elderly live without dialysis? Well it all depends on how severe the kidney damage is. If the elderly person is passing fair amount of urine, he can live without dialysis for 2 to 6 weeks. However, if the person is passing little or no urine, then the survival rate decreases dramatically to 10 to 14 days.

Most elderly who do not want dialysis after kidney failure suffer from a lot of side effects, namely nausea, twitching of the muscles and breathlessness. Although the elderly person might experience some pain, it is not a major symptom. If the elderly person wants to die at home, it can be arranged by the family members. There are many hospices who also take on elderly patients who do not want dialysis. Kidney failure in elderly is quite common so many hospitals are also equipped to help those elderly patients who do not want dialysis.

How can a stroke kill you?

Yes a stroke can kill you. A stroke happens when there is a lack of blood flow to the brain. When there is no blood, there is no oxygen and the brain cells start to die, causing a stroke or death of brain tissue. Where in the brain the stroke happens and how long the brain goes without blood can make a difference as to how bad the stroke is.

What medical condition does a patient suffering from hypertension have?

high blood pressure high blood pressure high blood pressure high blood pressure There can be so many reasons why a person develops High Blood Pressure. Hereditary, diet, stress, increased fluids in the circulatory system because if your diet contains a lot of salt the fluids are going to stay with the salt. There is a lot to Hypertension please discuss a plan with your Doctor because sometimes it can take months to find the proper control and hypertension does damage the heart.

What is primary secondary prevention for high blood pressure?

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.

What is the difference between arteriosclerosis and hypertension?

Atherosclerosis, a progressive process responsible for most heart disease, is a type of arteriosclerosis or hardening of the arteries .Arteriosclerosis is a broad term that includes a hardening of the inner and middle layers of the artery but atherosclerosis generally use for hardness of big arteries.

Why does obesity cause high blood pressure?

If you are obese, you have more body mass. Each additional part requires blood vessels running to it to provide food and remove wastes. So your heart needs to pump harder - higher blood pressure - to supply blood to all of the "excess" body fat.

Does glutathione or Immunocal help to lower high blood pressure?

Indirectly, it can. First off, I will say that the causes of high blood pressure are many and not yet fully understood.

However, one thing we do know from published medical studies is that inflammation and oxidative stress play a large role in the development of arterial plaque. When we take in fats, and there is a high amount of oxidative stress in the body, something called lipid peroxidation occurs that makes the fats sticky and rancid, and they stick to our arterial walls.

This causes an immune response, and inflammation, as the immune system tries to rectify the situation. As the arterial opening starts to narrow due to the buildup of oxidized fats, the heart has to pump harder to get the blood, oxygen and nutrients throughout the body, so oftentimes, blood pressure will go up.

If you have high glutathione levels, you will increase your antioxidant mechanism to fight oxidative stress, and reduce inflammation as well, getting to some of the main causes of high blood pressure.

In addition, one should eat a balanced diet, get regular exercise, and get plenty of sleep each night. In time, in conjunction with raising your glutathione levels, I have seen several people lower their blood pressure gradually over time without prescription medication.

Please keep in mind that taking glutathione will not raise your glutathione levels and have this effect. You must take in the building blocks or precursors so your cells can make it themselves.

Can high blood pressure cause edema?

Think of a hosepipe that has lots of holes in it. These are your "leaky" capillaries.

You put the pipe on low (low pressure) on your lawn, the water trickles out of the holes and gets sucked up into the grass.

Turn it up onto max (high pressure), the water floods the grass and turns it waterlogged, so much so that the water doesn't get absorbed into the soil so it just sits on top of the grass.

That is the link between hypertension and oedema!

Can electric shock cause high blood pressure?

Not necessarily. Your body will try to compensate when it is in shock by raising the heartbeat (thereby increasing blood pressure). But sometimes the body can not compensate adequately. In this case, your blood pressure may not increase.

Does hypertension cause dizziness?

Yes it does. The reason it causes dizziness is because hypertension is high BP and the blood is moving around the body real fast and there is more blood going into the brain

What are some of the purposes of the muscles?

The human body has three types of muscles. There are more than 600 major muscles and have 240 specific names of them. The first type is called skeletal muscles. They vary in size because each muscle has various type of job. Skeletal muscles, which have the hard job, are large and strong such as the muscles of the thigh. In the opposite way, skeletal muscles which have the little job, are small and weakly such as eye muscles. Skeletal muscles are the part of many organs such as the chest, arms, legs and abdomen so they give the shape of the body and make the body move. In addition, they also help hold the bones of the skeleton together. The second type of muscles is called smooth muscles. They are found in the walls of the internal organs such as blood vessels and stomach. Smooth muscles are not under control by the brain. They are stimulated and operate automatically by the autonomic nervous system and by body chemicals. The autonomic nervous system enables the body to maintain a stable internal environment. This system has two parts. The one is the sympathetic system which speed up all bodily processes. The other is the parasympathetic system which slow down bodily processes and make the body relax. Both sympathetic and parasympathetic are controlled by hypothalamus. The third type of muscles is called cardiac muscle which is found in the wall of the heart only. Cardiac muscle help the heart push blood out and into the arteries. It is operate automatically without orders from the brain. Cardiac muscle is controlled by the autonomic nervous system. The muscles have many ability which are different other tissue. They have irritability, contractility, extensibility and elasticity. These ability make every organ work completely. I think the muscles are excellent.

Are males or females more likely to have hypertension?

Hypertension is most common in middle aged and elderly people. Males being more at risk than females although anyone with a stressful lifestyle, is overweight, drinks excessive amounts of alcohol, smokes and has a high salt diet intake could be at risk or could aggravate the condition.

Can you take gabapentin with high blood pressure medicine?

I would like to know if you can Gabapentin if you are taking high blood pressure medicines. My husband has the shingles and this medicine would help to settle the nerve endings down if you can take this medicine. Please answer ASAP.. THANKS.

How do you get tested for high blood pressure?

It will be routine Blood tests, Urine test and possibly a Renal scan to check your kidneys. More complicated cases may need further tests

How hypertension spread?

Yes, because it has a viral disease called the uralline, if you have touched the person who does have a heart disease, consult your doctor if u have a Uralline.

What are the side effects of hypertension?

Hypertension is just a longer word for high blood pressure. So what ever high blood pressure does hyperetension does.

How might regular cardiorespiratory exercise affect hypertension?

Exercise is most likely going to increase systolic blood pressure. This is to increase the amount of oxygen getting to your muscles as muscles need oxygen to function. This is also the reason why you need to breathe a lot more during exercise.

You took two active pills today by accident because you got your days confused and took your normal pill and the other one ahead of time what should you do about the lack of pill for tomorrow?

Hello there - Because of this your period may be early or later than planned. Taking a pill tomorrow (because you already took one) may cause a overdose of BCP in your system. So dont take another pill tomorrow but DO wear a condom for the next week when you have intercourse and continue taking your pills as normal after tomorrow. Good luck.

What is the nursing diagnosis for hypertension if the patient is experiencing headache?

if the pt has a headache from htn, it's from not enough oxygen getting to the brain. ineffective tissue perfusion r/t whatever your related to factor is. if the pt has a headache from htn, it's from not enough oxygen getting to the brain. ineffective tissue perfusion r/t whatever your related to factor is.