Currently, John Martin is at high risk for a heart attack within the next 10 years. His blood pressure is high, HDL is low, and he is a smoker. While it has been determined that Mr. Martin does not have metabolic syndrome, it is imperative that he make the following changes in order to ensure a long, healthy life. John Martin’s systolic blood pressure was recorded at 148 mm/Hg, a borderline high number. An optimal systolic blood pressure is 120 mm/Hg for adults. Currently, Mr. Martin is in the prehypertension stage, meaning that he is at risk for high blood pressure. If he doesn’t begin changing his ways now, high blood pressure will become inevitable. Many doctors say that a good way to lower blood pressure is to lose weight, exercise more, limit salt intake, limiting alcohol intake, not smoking, and taking …show more content…
This test is used to see how much a patient is affected by external environmental factors. I would have him exercise and monitor how much blood flows through his heart within a set period of time. This would give me an estimation of how much he is affected by everyday stressors such as his family or job. His results would most likely reflect that he is easily stressed by external factors, allowing me to give him some tips on how to relieve stress. I would recommend that if his job becomes increasingly stressful that retirement or lightening his workload in the near future may be extremely beneficial to his mental and physical health. I would also help him find outlets to relieve stress and ease his transition into becoming a nonsmoker. Some suggestions include journaling, photography, or even exercise. Decreasing the amount of stress that John Martin has would also help lower his blood pressure, decreasing the amount of risk factors that he has for heart attack. I would know that this plan was successful when John Martin gave reports of being stress free without the aid of
Remembering that prevention is the best cure, we are going to discuss what is high blood pressure, how to easily measure it, and how to effectively prevent it. (Thesis)
As early as the 1800s clinicians began to take a closer look at elevated blood pressure levels, they soon found high correlation between hypertension, stroke, and other heart diseases. They also established that high levels of blood pressure effected both privilege and underprivileged, and within the years they have noted the disease have become more prevalent in the African American culture. Long term studies, such as randomized controlled trial studies, unveiled
Preventing high blood pressure can be done by reducing salt consumption, managing food calories to reduce excess body weight and changing personal behaviour. In order for peter to lose weight he needs to change diet and take on physical activity. According to (WHO, 2013), if salt and sugar intake was reduced to 5-6g/a day, lower blood pressure could be proven in men and women, of all age groups and
There was a series of people used in this experiment to look at blood pressure. The first step was to take the subjects normal blood pressure, then after showing them a scary clip retakes the blood pressure. While taking blood pressure consider age, weight, family history, commitment and gender to see if the subject has low or high blood pressure normally. After receiving all the data the charts that were made were based on age and gender.
Produce a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for your chosen method of measuring blood pressure for use in the study
One health concern in this video series is shown with Darryl Phillipson. He is a judge, and he mentions in part 2 of the series that it is even difficult for him to walk up the stairs to get to the podium. He is said to be suffering from knee pain, high blood pressure, and he is on medication to control his obesity. Because Phillipson is at a higher risk for cardiac failure, or any other major heart disease, he is using the option of Bariatric surgery to lose weight and improve his weight-related health conditions. Another individual that was interviewed because of health related concerns was Wayne Robinson, a field superintendent for Nabholz Construction Corporation in part 3 of the video series. Robinson dropped weight from being around 245 pounds, and decreased his cholesterol levels. He says in part 3 of the video series, “Talking to Jamie (member of health dept.) made me realize I needed to start exercising, and the weight started falling off. I was stoked.” The health department of this corporation started doing research on its employees who work at sites constructing. Robinson had very high cholesterol, which could later lead to heart problems, and other serious illnesses, all related to being over weight. One of these health risks that I feel I could become extremely at risk for is
As mentioned, one of the go to forms of treatment is medication. “ These could include medications to lower your blood pressure, such as diuretics, angiogenesis-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors or beta blockers; blood thinning medications, such as daily aspirin therapy; or cholesterol-lowering medications, such as statins or fibrates”(Mayo Clinic). These medications have been successful in their attempts to lower these risk factors and have been helpful when underlying genetic conditions and age become a factor; however, when these problems stem from au unhealthy lifestyle it is import to understand that these risks will never fully go away until sweeping changes are made.
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The effective collaboration between the members of the renal health care team resulted in successfully reducing John’s hypertension, hyperkalaemia and overloading in the short term.
...is family has a history of lifestyle diseases like hypertension, hence, he should be careful on his diet and lifestyle. Though the family claims to walk frequently, engaging a regular exercise program is advisable (Stahl, 2010). Moreover, Linda admits to dislike fruits and vegetables which should be considered while teaching on healthy diet. A healthier diet plan will help to prevent a high blood pressure.
DIAGNOSIS: Robert Eliot, an in-demand physician, lecturer, and researcher has displayed many characteristics with a type-A behavior pattern. He shows signs of hostility, competitiveness, and impatience throughout his daily routine (Eliot & Breo, 1998, p.100). His aggressive nature in combination of stress had caused his blood pressure to rise to unhealthy levels. He often has trouble remembering important details from sleep deprivation due to the nature of his job. According to DSM-5, symptoms that are related to stress that cause difficulties in daily functioning for more than 6 months is a sign of a conversion disorder: Coronary Heart Disease.
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Combine the words "foods that lower blood pressure" and "diet" and you'll be met with a scowling face and a thoroughly disgusted attitude. These poor souls that think they'll be subjected to wallpaper paste and dull food will be in for a taste treat if they can only use their imaginations.
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