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Instructed patient about how a stroke can result from the damage that ongoing high blood pressure causes in the body vessels. If the affected vessel stops supplying blood to the brain, as a result a stroke occurs.
Instructed patient on how when blood presses against a vessel wall with too much force, muscles in the wall lose their stretch. This causes the wall to thicken, which narrows the vessel passage and reduces blood flow.
Instructed patient on diagnosis of ASHD/CAD, which occurs when there is a narrowing of the blood vessels supplying the heart muscle, restricting blood flow.
Instructed on Anemia. Pernicious anemia is a disease where large, immature circulate in the blood, and do not function as blood cells; it is a disease caused by impaired uptake of vitamin B-12 due to the lack of intrinsic factor in the gastric mucosa.
Patient was instructed on hypertension. Lifestyle changes can help to prevent high blood pressure. These changes are especially important in people who have risk factors for high blood pressure that cannot be changes, including family history, race, or age.
Patient was instructed on hypertension. Blood pressure is a measure of how hard the blood pushes against the walls of the arteries as it moves through the body. It
Patient was instructed on hypertension. Very high blood pressure can cause headache, vision problems, nausea and vomiting. It is called hypertensive crisis, which is blood pressure that rises very fast.
Patient was instructed on the importance of oxygen. Oxygen plays a vital role in the circulatory and respiratory systems. As breathing, oxygen that is inhaled purifies the blood by removing poisonous waste products circulating throughout our blood system.
Taught that the main function of the lungs is to supply oxygen to the blood and to remove carbon dioxide from the blood.
SN instructed patient and caregiver that dysrhythmias of the heart and myocardial infarction may constitute as potential complications of Angina Pectoris. Cardiac arrhythmia occurs when electrical impulses in the heart do not work properly. A heart attack usually occurs when a blood clot blocks blood flow to the heart. Angina is a symptom of coronary artery disease. Patient verbalized understanding.