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Hypertension, commonly referred to as High Blood Pressure, is a medical condition where a person’s blood pressure is significantly elevated. Persistent hypertension can be risk factors for strokes, heart attacks, heart failure and arterial aneurysm, chronic renal failure. If a person who has moderate elevated blood pressure is not monitored, it can shorten their life expectancy. A person with severe high blood pressure, this is a person with arterial pressures of 50% or more above the average, may only live a few years if not adequately treated and monitored.
Healthcare professionals usually detect hypertension during a routine checkup. The only test for hypertension is a blood pressure measurement. A person is diagnosed as being Hypertensive if their systolic blood pressure is consistently 140 mmHg or more, and/or their diastolic blood pressure is consistently 90 mmHg or more.
Hypertension on its own usually produces no symptoms although some people report headaches, blurred vision, facial flushing, transient insomnia or difficulty sleeping due to feeling hot or flushed prior to hypertension diagnosis.
Malignant hypertension (or accelerated hypertension) is quite distinct, and usually presents with constant migraines, blurred vision, unexplained fatigue, dizzy spells, tinnitus, and in significant, chronic cases renal organ damage.
There are many attributed that cause Hypertension. It is often confused with mental tension, being stressed and anxious. While chronic anxiety and/or irritability are associated with people with hypertension, it is not the primary cause. Accelerated hypertension is associated with somnolence, confusion, visual disturbances, and nausea and vomiting (hypertensive encephalopathy). Some common risk factors are:
While elevated blood pressure alone is not an illness, it often requires treatment due to its short- and long-term effects on many organs. It increases the risk to other illnesses such as:
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