Hypertension

Question 1

What is hypertension?

Answer 1

Heart pumps blood and the vessels carry this blood around ur body
The force and pressure created when Heart pumps blood at a higher pressure

Question 2

What is hypertension?

Answer 2

One of the cause being high bp is diet control

High salt intake and cholesterol contribute to the blood vessels become stiffen
The blood vessels lumpen are narrowed thus increase the pressure against the wall of the lumen

Question 3

Risk factor of hypertension

Answer 3

Diabetes
Obesity body mass index of >27.5 high risk
Smoking
Physical inactivity

Chinese
Male
Reported to have higher incidence of hypertension

Question 4

Which race have highest incidence of hypertension

Which gender?

Answer 4

In. 2010
Malay has highest prevalence
Followed by Chinese then Indian

More commonly among men than women

Question 5

I don want to eat hypertension

Answer 5

As your bp is persistently high we are worried that uncontrolled high BP can cause

1. Stroke
2. Kidney failure
3. Heart failure
4. Vision

Question 6

How to control BP?

Answer 6

1. Stop smoking
2. Change diet
3. Change lifestyle
4. Do not drink
5. Check your weight control your salt intake

Question 7

Experience Side effects of medication

Answer 7

Enalapril- coughing
Carvedilol- watch for slow heart rate
Nifedipine- swelling in the lower limbs

Question 8

How does beta blocker help?

Answer 8

It blocks the beta1 receptors in heart
Reducing the force of contraction
Reducing the after load reducing bp

Question 9

How does enalaprl and losartan help?

Answer 9

They cause vasodilation and

remove water and salt out of your body