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High Blood Pressure and Anxiety
Anxiety does not cause chronic high blood pressure (hypertension). Anxiety can, however, cause spikes in blood pressure during anxiety episodes or panic attacks. Although these episodes are temporary, if they are frequent they can cause physical damage the same as chronic elevated blood pressure can.
The National Institute of Health considers any blood pressure reading over 140/90 to be high blood pressure.
The Health Central site on high blood pressure states:
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High Blood Pressure in Children
By Glenn Gandelman, MD, MPH , Health Expert...addition to medication when necessary can prevent heart attack and stroke later in life. I... Read more »
Hypertensive Licorice Lovers, Beware
By Alvin Hopkinson , Health Expert...fatigue, severe headaches, high blood pressure and even heart attacks. Bottom line, those of... Read more »
What High Blood Pressure Means for Your Heart
By Glenn Gandelman, MD, MPH , Health Expert...coronary artery disease and the resulting angina and heart attacks. Additionally, changes in... Read more »
Treating High Blood Pressure in the Elderly
By Dr. William Davis , Health Expert...magnitude leads to significant increased risk of heart attack, stroke, kidney disease, even... Read more »
5 Simple Steps to Reduce High Blood Pressure Without Medication
By Alvin Hopkinson , Health Expert...pressure or hypertension is a major risk factor for heart attack and stroke. Unfortunately,... Read more »
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Hypertensive heart disease
...ischemic heart disease (decreased blood to the heart muscle that results in anginal chest pain and heart attacks) from the increased supply of oxygen needed by the thicker heart muscle. High... Read more »Hypertension
...adjustments periodically. Complications hypertensive heart disease heart attacks congestive heart failure blood vessel damage... Read more »Malignant hypertension (arteriolar nephrosclerosis)
...damage to the eyes, permanent blindness pressure damage to the heart decreased cardiac output heart attack angina pulmonary edema kidney failure Calling your... Read more »Takayasu arteritis
...chest cavity ( pleuritis ) or the sac-like covering of the heart ( pericarditis ), or due to heart attack ( myocardial infarction ). The survival rate is better for adults than for... Read more »Chest pain
...Cardiology. 2000;36(3):970-1062. Smith SD Jr., Blair SN, Bonow RD, et al. AHA/ACC Guidelines for Preventing Heart Attack and Death in Patients with Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: 2001... Read more »Images
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