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Bsbwor501 Week 2 Term Paper

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Question 3
Priority Problems
The two priority problems for Mr. George are Hypertension and Diabetes (hyperglycemia). It has been demonstrated that arterial hypertension is major important determinant of heart diseases. The pathogenesis of hypertension is linked with multiple factors that include dietary, genetic, and patterns of lifestyle. The biological factors that determine hypertension include: atherosclerosis, resistance to insulin; hyper-responsiveness towards adrenalin based stimuli and dysfunction of endothelial cells. It was studied that the evidence suggests that decrease in the ratio of prevalence of high blood pressure gives rise to reduced ratio of cardiovascular related mortalities. It can be achieved through intervention with suitable medical therapy (Villalpando et al., 2010). …show more content…

High blood pressure is also referred to ‘silent killer”. Hypertension leads to stroke, myocardial infarction, renal failure, and ultimately death, if the issues are not diagnosed early and well- treated (James et al., 2013). The association between high blood pressure and alcohol consumption was also studied according to which measurement of patterns of time, were recorded with reference to elevations in blood pressure due to alcohol consumption. It was found that a considerable increase in blood pressure at the time of morning; was associated with alcohol consumption independently of smoking by means of a dose-dependent pattern. There were twelve fold increments in risk for heart diseases in Men with severe hypertension. In addition, hypertensive patients, if drink alcohol then risk increases further and leads towards stroke (Hillbom, Saloheimo & Juvela,

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