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Thursday, October, 29, 2009

Symptoms Of Hypertension In Toddlers

Health Encyclopedia: Sickle Cell Disease Complications

Complications


There is still no cure for sickle cell disease other than experimental transplantation procedures, but treatments for complications of sickle cell have prolonged the lives of many patients who are now living into adulthood.

Pain and Acute Sickle Cell Crisis

The hallmark of sickle cell disease is the sickle cell crisis (also sometimes known as a vaso-occlusive crisis), which is an episode of pain. It is the most common reason for hospitalization in sickle cell disease. The pattern may ...

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Expert & Community Posts

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High Blood Pressure in Children
By Glenn Gandelman, MD, MPH , Health Expert

High blood pressure goes hand-in-hand with obesity. As obesity increases among children in the... Read more »

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Portal Hypertension: Learn Causes, Symptoms, and How to Prevent
By Alvin Hopkinson , Health Expert

Hypertension or high blood pressure is a highly life-threatening disease that affects thousands of... Read more »

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Symptoms of High Blood Pressure: 3 Specific Signs to Monitor
By Alvin Hopkinson , Health Expert

...Hopkinson is a leading and avid researcher of various high blood pressure treatments. He runs a... Read more »

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High Blood Pressure Drugs: Top 3 Effective Treatments
By Alvin Hopkinson , Health Expert

Many people suffer with high blood pressure in America despite the efforts of the American Heart... Read more »

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Common Hypertension Complications
By Alvin Hopkinson , Health Expert

...75% of strokes and heart attacks can be linked to high blood pressure. However, in African... Read more »

Health Guide

Anemia: Risk Factors
...associated with increased weight or size of the placenta, a condition that may later pose a risk for high blood pressure in the offspring. Pregnant women with low hemoglobin levels (the... Read more »
High Blood Pressure: Symptoms
Hypertension has aptly been called the "silent killer" because it usually produces no symptoms. Untreated hypertension increases slowly over the years. It is important for anyone with risk... Read more »
High Blood Pressure: Risk Factors
During the last decade, the number of Americans with high blood pressure has increased by 30 percent. Over 65 million American adults now have high blood pressure, and this condition... Read more »
High Blood Pressure: Causes
...(primary) when the doctor is unable to identify a specific cause. It is by far the most common type of high blood pressure. The causes of this type are unknown but are likely to be a complex... Read more »
High Blood Pressure: Complications
...(called target organs), including the kidneys, eyes, and heart, causing them to deteriorate over time. High blood pressure was directly responsible for nearly 44,619 American deaths in 2000 and... Read more »

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