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Health Encyclopedia: High Blood Pressure Symptoms
- High Blood Pressure - Symptoms
- Highlights
- Introduction
- Diagnosis
- Causes of High Blood Pressure
- Risk Factors
- Complications
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 factors to have their blood pressure checked regularly and to make appropriate lifestyle changes. Such recommendations are especially important for individuals who have prehypertension or hypertension, a family history of hypertension, are overweight, or are over age 40.
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High Blood Pressure: Risk Factors
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...(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 »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: Resources
www.acc.org -- American College of Cardiologywww.americanheart.org -- American Heart Associationwww.ash-us.org -- American Society of Hypertensionwww.nhlbi.nih.gov/hbp -- National Heart,... Read more »High Blood Pressure: Introduction
High blood pressure, also called hypertension, is elevated pressure of the blood in the arteries. Hypertension results from two major factors, which can be present independently or... Read more »
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