Cardiovascular Disease: Essay, Brochure and Health Strategies

This assignment focuses on cardiovascular disease, examining its impact on individuals, families, and communities, as well as links to national health priorities and social determinants of health. The essay explores the disease's symptoms, risk factors, and treatments, including lifestyle adaptations, medications, and surgeries. Prevention strategies are also discussed, emphasizing diet, exercise, and avoidance of risk factors like smoking and excessive alcohol consumption. The report incorporates an upstreaming approach to nursing, suggesting strategies to improve patient outcomes. In addition to the essay, a health promotion brochure is designed to complement the upstreaming strategies, offering practical advice and information. References from various sources are provided to support the findings.

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Cardiovascular disorders:
•This disorder involves abnormal conditions
of the blood vessels, the heart and the bodth
•Major life-threatening situations coming
under the category of this disorder include
heart attack, stroke and aneurysm
•Main prevention includes undertaking
exercises and balanced diet
Symptoms:
•Pain and pressure in the chest along with that of
angina
•Pain and discomforts in the arms and left shoulder,
elbow, jaw and back
•Nausea and fatigue
•Cold sweat
•Light headed faint
•Shortness of breath called dyspnea
•Nausea and fatigue
•Cold sweat and light headed faint
Risk factors:
•High blood pressure like that of hypertension
•Radiation therapy
•Smoking
•Lack of sleep
•Diabetes (Agbaedeng et al. 2018)
•High blood cholesterol
•Physical inactivity
•Drinking of too much of alcohol
•Air pollution and stress
•Chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder
Causes of the disorder:
•Atherosclerosis takes place when fatty
deposits are seen to accumulate in the arteries
•Damaging the circulatory system which can
result from the diabetes and also from various
infections, virus as well as the structural
problems that the persons are born with
•High blood pressure can also become a cause
of the effect of the cardiovascular disorders
(Tully et al. 2015)
Treatment:
•Lifestyle adaptations like that of weight control,
quitting smoking, exercises as well as different
dietary changes (Bradley et al. 2016)
•Medications for example like in the reduction of the
LDL as well as cholesterol
•Cardiac rehabilitation including exercises and
counseling
•Surgeries like coronary artery bypass grafting
(CABG)
Prevention:
•Consumption of less alcohol and tobacco
•Eating of fresh fruits and vegetables
•Reduction of salt intake (Bonner et al. 2018)
•Avoiding of the sedentary lifestyles like that among
the children
References:
Agbaedeng, T.A., Mahajan, R., Thanigaimani, S., Mclennan, E., Twomey, D.J.,
Lau, D.H. and Sanders, P., 2018. 43 Molecular characterisation of fibro-fatty
infiltrations in the ventricular myocardium of obese sheep. Cardiovascular
Research, 114(suppl_1), pp.S11-S12.
Bonner, C., Bell, K., Jansen, J., Glasziou, P., Irwig, L., Doust, J. and McCaffery, K.,
2018. Should heart age calculators be used alongside absolute cardiovascular
disease risk assessment?. BMC cardiovascular disorders, 18(1), p.19.
Bradley, T.D. and Floras, J.S. eds., 2016. Sleep Apnea: implications in
cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease. CRC Press.
Tully, P.J., Newland, R.F. and Baker, R.A., 2015. Cardiovascular risk profile before
coronary artery bypass graft surgery in relation to depression and anxiety disorders:
an age and sex propensity matched study. Australian Critical Care, 28(1), pp.24-30.