Intervenção sobre a hipertensão em idosos adscritos na unidade básica de saúde Jardim Montanhês em Belo Horizonte/MG

Abstract

Systemic arterial hypertension (SAH) is a very common disease, is a major public health problem in Brazil and worldwide, is a risk factor for the development of cardiovascular, cerebrovascular and kidney disease, accounts for a significant number of calls in primary care. This disease has a high incidence in the health center Garden Highlander, the calls are increased every day more, furthermore patients make use of a large number of drugs in their treatment and you cannot control the disease. So it proposed a plan of action for modification of risk factors that influence the quality of care of the elderly hypertensive patients, in order to ensure better care and follow-up to elderly patients and patients with this disease who seek our health unit Garden Highlander in Belo Horizonte - MG. For the construction of this project works were used, papers and magazines. During the intervention was proposed a continuous tracking, targeting the best results possible, with the possibility to correct the course and be able to impact the problem presented. It is hoped that this work, elderly patients are aware of and with adequate knowledge about the disease, aimed at transforming the way and lifestyle and so the main risk factors that add to their age. With a better family support, following standardized in consultation and community satisfactory control of the disease will be possible to avoid further complications in the lives of seniors.