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When blood pressure stays high over time, it can damage the body and cause severe complications.
Blood pressure (BP) is the pressure of circulating blood on the walls of blood vessels. If your blood pressure remains high, you are likely to develop heart diseases and stroke.
Use this blood pressure chart to learn what your blood pressure numbers mean.
The symptoms of eclampsia/preeclampsia during pregnancy: swelling of the feet, hypertension and protein leakage in the urine.
According to a study, ap to about age 55, women are less likely to have high blood pressure (hypertension) than men. But after that, blood pressure in women tends to rise more sharply than it does in men. Hormones are considered a reason for this.
In pulmonary hypertension, the right side of the heart can get damaged. The walls of the pulmonary arteries become thick and stiff, and are unable to expand as well allow the blood through.
If you have high blood pressure, you are likely to develop coronary artery disease, because high blood pressure puts added force on the artery walls. With time, this extra force can damage the arteries, making them more vulnerable to the narrowing and plaque buildup.
STAGE 1 or Prehypertension is 120/80 to 139/89.
STAGE 2 or Mild Hypertension is 140/90 to 159/99.
STAGE 3 or Moderate Hypertension is 160/100 to 179/109.
STAGE 4 or Severe Hypertension is 180/110 or higher.
High blood pressure affects one in three Americans. Yet many people with the condition don't know they have it. It is considered a silent killer. It can lead to stroke and heart attack if not controlled on time.
The main risk factor for hypertensive heart disease is high blood pressure. The risk is increased if you're overweight.
The higher your blood pressure and the longer it remains uncontrolled, the greater is the damage. Uncontrolled high blood pressure can cause many diseases and problems such as heart attack, stroke, kidney problems, etc. High blood pressure can cause hardening and thickening of the arteries (a condition called atherosclerosis), which can cause severe complications.
A healthy blood pressure is 120/80 or less, but the lower you can get it, the better it is.
Pulmonary hypertension is a type of hypertension (high blood pressure) that affects the arteries in your lungs and the right side of your heart. In some cases, tiny arteries in your lungs (pulmonary arterioles) and capillaries become narrowed or blocked.
Uncontrolled high blood pressure can damage and weaken your blood vessels, causing them to narrow, rupture or leak. A ruptured aneurysm can be deadly if it's in one of your major arteries or brain.