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    Predisposing: Precipitating:: Family History Age Diet/ Sedentary Lifestyle Stress

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    Family history and age can predispose individuals to developing hypertension. Stress and an unhealthy diet and sedentary lifestyle can precipitate high blood pressure. Over time, increased vascular resistance and constriction leads to increased afterload, decreased blood flow to organs like the kidneys, and increased renin secretion, activating the renin-angiotensin system and further increasing blood pressure through vasoconstriction and sodium retention. If left untreated, long-term high blood pressure can damage organs like the kidneys, brain, heart and arteries. Proper treatment includes lifestyle modifications like diet and exercise as well as medication to control blood pressure and prevent further organ damage.

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    Family history and age can predispose individuals to developing hypertension. Stress and an unhealthy diet and sedentary lifestyle can precipitate high blood pressure. Over time, increased vascular resistance and constriction leads to increased afterload, decreased blood flow to organs like the kidneys, and increased renin secretion, activating the renin-angiotensin system and further increasing blood pressure through vasoconstriction and sodium retention. If left untreated, long-term high blood pressure can damage organs like the kidneys, brain, heart and arteries. Proper treatment includes lifestyle modifications like diet and exercise as well as medication to control blood pressure and prevent further organ damage.

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    Family history and age can predispose individuals to developing hypertension. Stress and an unhealthy diet and sedentary lifestyle can precipitate high blood pressure. Over time, increased vascular resistance and constriction leads to increased afterload, decreased blood flow to organs like the kidneys, and increased renin secretion, activating the renin-angiotensin system and further increasing blood pressure through vasoconstriction and sodium retention. If left untreated, long-term high blood pressure can damage organs like the kidneys, brain, heart and arteries. Proper treatment includes lifestyle modifications like diet and exercise as well as medication to control blood pressure and prevent further organ damage.

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    Family history and age can predispose individuals to developing hypertension. Stress and an unhealthy diet and sedentary lifestyle can precipitate high blood pressure. Over time, increased vascular resistance and constriction leads to increased afterload, decreased blood flow to organs like the kidneys, and increased renin secretion, activating the renin-angiotensin system and further increasing blood pressure through vasoconstriction and sodium retention. If left untreated, long-term high blood pressure can damage organs like the kidneys, brain, heart and arteries. Proper treatment includes lifestyle modifications like diet and exercise as well as medication to control blood pressure and prevent further organ damage.

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    Predisposing: Family history Age

    Precipitating: Diet/ sedentary lifestyle Stress

    Increase vascular resistance/ vasoconstriction Increase afterload Increase BP

    Decrease blood flow to organs

    Decrease blood flow to the kidneys

    Increase renin secretion

    Angiotensin I Angiotensin II

    A Vasoconstriction Increase peripheral resistance

    B Aldosterone secretion Sodium and water retention Increase blood volume

    Increase BP/ Hypertension

    If not treated

    If treated

    Damage renal vessels

    Damage cerebral arteries

    Damage arterial walls

    Increase workload of the heart

    stroke

    Atherosclerosis

    Increase thickness of the walls of the heart chambers

    Left ventricular hypertrophy

    Dx: ECG, 2D echo

    1. Diet modification ( Na intake) 2. body weight 3. Meds: antihypertension, diuretics, ACE inhibitor 4. Daily/ routine exercise

    If treated

    If not treated

    5. Diet modification ( Na intake) 6. body weight 7. Meds: antihypertension, diuretics, ACE inhibitor 8. Daily/ routine exercise

    Heart muscle weakness

    Congestive heart failure

    s/sx Crackles Ascites Jugular vein distension Dyspnea edema

    DEATH

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