An elderly client newly diagnosed with systolic hypertension asks her health care provider why this happens. The most accurate response would be:
A) "Everyone over the age of 50 tends to have their blood pressure creep up over the years."
B) "With age, your arteries lose their elasticity and are replaced with collagen, which makes your arteries stiffer."
C) "Your heart has to work harder to pump blood through your vessels as you get older."
D) "If you slow down and rest more, your blood pressures will more than likely return to its normal level."
Ans: B
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Systolic blood pressure rises almost linearly between 30 and 84 years of age, whereas diastolic pressure rises until 50 years of age and then levels off or decreases. This rise in systolic pressure is thought to be related to increased stiffness of the large arteries. With aging, the elastin fibers in the walls of the arteries are gradually replaced by collagen fibers that render the vessels stiffer and less compliant.
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