(hypertension) OR High blood pressurecan damage the body silently and covertly for years before symptoms appear. Uncontrolled blood pressure can lead to disability, poor quality of life, or even a fatal heart attack or stroke.

Treatment and lifestyle changes can help control high blood pressure to reduce the risk of life-threatening complications.

Vascular damage

Healthy arteries are flexible, strong and flexible. Their inner lining is smooth and allows blood to flow freely, transporting nutrients and oxygen to vital organs and tissues. High blood pressure (hypertension) is a gradual increase in the blood pressure flowing in the arteries. High blood pressure can cause:

Damaged and narrowed arteries. High blood pressure can damage the cells lining the arteries. When dietary fats enter the bloodstream, they can accumulate in damaged arteries. Eventually, the walls of the arteries become less elastic, limiting blood flow throughout the body. Over time, the constant pressure of blood passing through a weakened artery can cause part of the artery wall to dilate, forming a dilation (aneurysm). An aneurysm can potentially rupture and cause life-threatening internal bleeding. Aneurysms can occur in any artery, but are most common in the body's largest artery (the aorta).

Heart damage

High blood pressure can cause many heart problems, including:

heart artery disease. 

Narrowed arteries damaged by high blood pressure have difficulty supplying blood to the heart. Too little blood flow to the heart can cause chest pain (angina pectoris), irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia), or heart attack.

The left heart is enlarged. 

High blood pressure makes the heart work harder to pump blood to the rest of the body. This causes the lower left ventricle (left ventricle) of the heart to thicken. Left ventricular hypertrophy increases the risk of heart attack, heart failure, and sudden cardiac death.

#Heart failure; Over time, 

high blood pressure due to high blood pressure can weaken the heart muscle and reduce efficiency. Eventually, the drowning heart begins to decline.

Concussion

The brain relies on a nutritious blood source to function properly. High blood pressure can affect the brain in the following ways:

Transient ischemic attack (TIA). TIA, 

sometimes called a minor stroke, is a temporary, short-lived disruption of blood flow to the brain. Hardening of the arteries or blood clots due to high blood pressure can cause a TIA. A TIA is often the harbinger of a full stroke.

Stroke. 

A stroke occurs when part of the brain does not get enough oxygen and nutrients and brain cells die. Blood vessels damaged by high blood pressure can narrow, rupture or leak. High blood pressure can cause blood clots in the arteries leading to the brain, which can block blood flow and lead to stroke.

Madness. 

When arteries become narrow or blocked, blood flow to the brain is restricted, which can lead to some types of dementia (vascular dementia). A stroke that disrupts blood flow to the brain can also cause vascular dementia.

Mild cognitive impairment is a transitional stage between changes in perception and memory, often associated with aging and more serious problems with dementia. Studies show that high blood pressure can lead to mild cognitive impairment.

Kidney damage

The kidneys filter excess fluids and waste products from the blood - a process that requires healthy blood vessels. High blood pressure can damage blood vessels and lead to the kidneys. Having diabetes in addition to high blood pressure can make the damage worse.

Kidney problems caused by high blood pressure include:

Renal scarring (glomerulosclerosis). This type of kidney damage occurs when the small blood vessels in the kidneys become damaged and unable to effectively filter fluid and waste from the blood. Glomerulosclerosis can cause kidney failure. Renal failure. High blood pressure is one of the most common causes of kidney failure. Damaged blood vessels prevent the kidneys from effectively filtering waste products from the blood, leading to a buildup of dangerous levels of fluid and waste. Treatment may include dialysis or a kidney transplant.

damage to the eyes

High blood pressure can damage the delicate, delicate blood vessels that supply blood to the eye, causing:

Damage to the blood vessels in the retina (retinopathy). Damage to blood vessels in the light-sensitive tissue behind the eye (retina) can lead to bleeding in the eye, blurred vision, and complete loss of vision. Having diabetes, in addition to high blood pressure, increases the risk of retinopathy.

Accumulation of fluid below the retina (choroidopathy). Choroidopathy can lead to blurred vision or sometimes ulcers that affect vision.

Nerve damage (visual neuropathy). Blocked blood flow can damage the optic nerve, which can lead to bleeding inside the eye or loss of vision.

sexual dysfunction

The inability to hold and maintain an erection (impotence) is becoming increasingly common in men over the age of 50. However, men with high blood pressure are much more likely to suffer from erectile dysfunction. This is because high blood pressure can restrict blood flow and block blood flow to the penis.

Women can also have sexual dysfunction due to high blood pressure. Low blood flow as hardening may have difficulty achieving sexual desires, excitement and excitement query and dry or sexual orgasm queries.

Hypertension of the emergency.

Hypertension is usually chronic, gradually causing the boy. However, sometimes the fact that the health emergency is often increasing rapidly and strong that the fact that it should often be immediate treatment to the hospital.

In this case, hypertension can be caused.

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Complications of pregnancy (qualifications or eclampsia)

heart attack

Memory loss, personal change or focus, irritation or phase form

Ignoring the body of the body (anatomy of childhood)

Cerebral attack

Sudden weakness pumping the pumping heart, backup for lung liquid from the closure (waste edema)

Sudden loss of renal function