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A 35-year-old patient is diagnosed with essential hypertension. Upon evaluation, the patient needs further teaching when he states that __________ is a chronic complication of essential hypertension?
  1. Diabetes
  2. Renal failure
  3. Neuropathy
  4. Asthma
Explanation
Answer - D - Essential hypertension refers to hypertension with no identifiable cause. Asthma is not a chronic complication of prolonged hypertension. The common long-term complications of essential hypertension include diabetes, CHF, neuropathy, nephropathy, diabetes mellitus, and retinopathy.
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