A patient was diagnosed with hypertension.The patient asks the nurse how this disease could have happened to them.The nurse's best response is "Hypertension
A) happens to everyone sooner or later. Don't be concerned about it."
B) can happen from eating a poor diet, so change what you are eating."
C) can happen from arterial changes that impede the blood flow."
D) happens when people do not exercise, so you should walk every day."

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Hardening of the arteries from atherosclerosis can cause hypertension in the patient.Hypertension does not happen to everyone.Changing the patient's diet and exercising may be a positive life change,but these answers do not explain to the patient how the disease could have happened.

A Patient Was Diagnosed with Hypertension