You are part of a group of nursing students who are making a presentation on chronic hypertension. What is one subject you would need to include in your presentation as a possible consequence of untreated chronic hypertension?
A) Peripheral edema
B) Right-sided heart failure
C) Stroke
D) Pulmonary insufficiency
C
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A stroke occurs if vessels in the brain rupture and bleed. If an aneurysm has developed in the aorta from chronic hypertension, it may burst and cause hemorrhage and shock. Options A, B, and D are not usually consequences of untreated chronic hypertension.
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