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

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

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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