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Common Hypertension Complications
There are several hypertension complications that you should be aware of. Hypertension stresses the organs out within the body. The added stress often causes these organs to become worn down and are no longer able to work appropriately. The organs that suffer the consequences of the hypertension are also referred to as the target organs include the eyes, kidneys and heart.
It is estimated that approximately 75% of strokes and heart attacks can be linked to high blood pressure. However, in Afr...
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Expert & Community Posts
High Blood Pressure in Children
By Glenn Gandelman, MD, MPH , Health ExpertHigh blood pressure goes hand-in-hand with obesity. As obesity increases among children in the... Read more »
Hypertension in the Elderly: A Growing Population at Risk
By Alvin Hopkinson , Health Expert...that age plays a major role in the development of high blood pressure. Specifically, 75% of... Read more »
The Causes of High Blood Pressure
By Glenn Gandelman, MD, MPH , Health Expert...would like to review some of the primary causes of High Blood Pressure. In most cases, there is... Read more »
Time to Have Kids Tested, Carefully, for Hypertension
By Craig Stoltz , Health Expert...Association suggests that three quarters of kids who have high blood pressure may be... Read more »
What Types of Hypertension Medicine Will Your Doctor Prescribe?
By Alvin Hopkinson , Health Expert...Hopkinson is a leading and avid researcher of various high blood pressure treatments. He runs a... Read more »
Health Guide
Salt and High Blood Pressure
In one word, potassium. Nearly 95% of the high blood pressure in the world is known as primary, essential, or idiopathic hypertension. It is called this because no clear underlying cause can be... Read more »High blood pressure
...number is over 80-89 mm Hg on most measurements. If you have pre-hypertension, you are likely to develop high blood pressure at some time in your life, unless you make lifestyle changes. High... Read more »Primary pulmonary hypertension
...hypertension; Sporadic primary pulmonary hypertension; Familial primary pulmonary hypertension Treatment There is no known cure. The goal of treatment is to control symptoms.... Read more »High Blood Pressure, Hypertension Patient Guide
...percent of them are unaware of it. Since people with hypertension may not exhibit any symptoms, their high blood pressure is often undiagnosed until complications occur. It has been proven that... Read more »Renovascular hypertension
...Names Renal hypertension; Hypertension - renovascular Symptoms Usually, high blood pressure causes no symptoms. Occasionally, you may experience a mild headache. If... Read more »Images
Medications
...ORALPronounced: (low-SAR-tan)Uses This drug is used to treat high blood pressure ... Read more »
...is used alone or with other medications to treat high blood pressure (hypertension) and to... Read more »
...medications called ACE inhibitors. It is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension).... Read more »
...medications called ACE inhibitors. It is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension) in... Read more »
...medications called ACE inhibitors. It is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension). It... Read more »
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Study adds evidence to link between hypertension, impotence
February 25, 2009Arizona researchers say they have confirmed the link between high blood pressure and erectile dysfunction (ED). In an animal study, scientists found... Read summary »
Letairis approved to treat dangerous type of hypertension
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October 03, 2008Loop diuretics, which are used to treat heart failure and high blood pressure, have been linked to increased hip bone loss in older men. Connecticut... Read summary »
Analysis: Doctors swayed by money when diagnosing hypertension?
October 02, 2008Doctors and medical societies are redefining how high blood pressure is diagnosed and treated. This analysis describes how drug companies are... Read summary »
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