Life style changes can be an effective treatment for patients with mild to moder

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Life style changes can be an effective treatment for patients with mild to moderate hypertension. During your screening consultation with a patient, you suggest that the patient reduce dietary sodium consumption to lower blood pressure because reduced sodium consumption:

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Increases sympathetic vasomotor tone and vasoconstriction

Increases the likelihood the patient will lose weight

Reduces body and circulatory fluid retention

Reduces renal blood flow and result in RAAS activation

Life style changes can be an effective treatment for patients with mild to moderate hypertension. During your screening consultation with a patient, you suggest that the patient reduce dietary sodium consumption to lower blood pressure because reduced sodium consumption:

Answers:

Increases sympathetic vasomotor tone and vasoconstriction

Increases the likelihood the patient will lose weight

Reduces body and circulatory fluid retention

Reduces renal blood flow and result in RAAS activation

Explanation / Answer

Reduces body and circulatory fluid retention.

saltsalt intake directly relates to retention of water in body. More salt holds more water in body leading to increase in blood pressure. A hypertension patient is suggested low salt diet to decrease water retention in body hence help in reducing blood pressure.

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