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Health Encyclopedia: High Blood Pressure Diagnosis
- High Blood Pressure - Diagnosis
- Highlights
- Introduction
- Causes of High Blood Pressure
- Risk Factors
- Complications
- High Blood Pressure Symptoms
Diagnosis
Mostphysical exams include a blood pressure measurement.Patients should not smoke or drink caffeinated beverages within 30 minutes beforetheir blood pressure measurement.
The Sphygmomanometer
- The standard instrument used to measure blood pressure is called a mercury sphygmomanometer. Measurements are given as units of mercury, which has filled the central column in standard sphygmomanometers for years. (Some people view the mercury sphygmomanometer as an environmental health hazard,but mo...
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Health Guide
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 »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 »Images
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