Hypertension (High blood pressure) the Implied Killer:
30 July, 2021
Hypertension is a condition usually happens when the blood pressure is too high mostly above 140/90 in which regulate long term force of the blood against artery walls is high which leading to cause health problems, known as heart disease.
Hence two types of commonly known blood pressure, Systolic pressure, first one which measures the pressure in our arteries when our heart beats.
Diastolic pressure, second one which measures pressure in our arteries between our heart beats.
Which are the common indications of Hypertension?
Hence some common symptoms are being observed by patients. Such as, Severe Headache, Fatigue
Nausea, sweating
Blurred vision
Irregular heart rate (Arrhythmia)
Lacking of concentration
When one should consult doctor, in this case?
If you have any of the symptoms, you should consult doctor immediately. If you have such a crisis that could leading to heart attack. High blood pressure is not a common cause of headaches but the symptoms can happen in a hypertensive crisis when the blood pressure is above 180/120. If your blood pressure is extremely high and have unusual symptoms, rest for 5 minutes it become an emergency. As high blood pressure does not usually have any symptoms hence everyone should check it regularly. If you have high level of blood pressure your doctor may recommend to monitor it at your home as home monitor is much better than that of store-based machines. Untreated hypertension leading to cause of serious diseases like kidney failure, stroke, severe eye problems and so on.
Even the silent killers give some subtle signs if they are untreated, it can cause severe health conditions. Some of them are as follows,
Headache, hypertension can cause you to have headache and this kind of headache has become emergency. This occurs when the blood pressure is extremely high, headache will occur on both the side of head and is typically worse with any kind of activity.
Nausea, is a symptom of a hypertensive crisis that may be life threatening which may include severe chest pain headache which has become accompanied with blurred vision and confusion.
Blurred Vision, High blood pressure can damage the tiny and delicate blood vessels that helps to supply blood to our eyes. Damage our retina and light sensitive tissues at the back of eye resulting bleeding of eyes, blurred vision and complete eye loss.
Fatigue, another cause of fatigue could be due to pulmonary artery hypertension. This is when we have high blood pressure in the blood vessels which helps to carry blood between the heart and lung. Along with fatigue chest pain, shortness of breath can also have become a cause of fatigue.
Arrhythmia, hypertension is the most common cardiovascular risk factor and underlines heart failure, stroke, coronary heart disease and chronic kidney disease. Hypertensive heart disease can explicit as cardiac arrhythmias. Ventricular and supraventricular arrythmia can also occur in hypertensive patients.
Lack of Concentration, high blood pressure can also capable to damage tiny blood vessels in our brain which is responsible for cognition and memory, it greatly increasing the risk factor of developing Alzheimer's disease or another dementia.