In 90% of individuals with hypertension, the cause of high blood pressure is not known and is referred to as primary or essential hypertension. While the specific cause is unknown, there are risk factors that can contribute to developing high blood pressure. Factors that cannot be changed Age:...
High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is blood pressure that measures with values at 140/90 mmHg or higher over several measurements at rest. High blood pressure is often referred to as the silent killer because it often has no symptoms. Additionally, it increases the chance of hear...
High blood pressure is known as a "silent killer" because we rarely see symptoms. It increases the risk of heart failure and stroke. It kills 10 million people annually. Nearly 30 percent of people worldwide have it. A researcher said we need to "take a step back and…just relax". The...
High blood pressure (also referred to as hypertension) is often called the "silent killer" since it is one of the leading risk factors associated with heart attacks, stroke, and kidney failure but it has no clearly identifiable symptoms. Since it is estimated that one in three adults in the...
Experts from ASH note thathigh blood pressureis commonly referred to as the "silent killer," because the condition often doesn't have obvious symptoms and patients don't know they have a problem. However, approximately one billion people have high blood pressure worldwide, including one in three...
Blood pressure is among one of the things that is highly unstable with today’s lifestyle. High blood pressure which is normally also referred to as hypertension is the more common and more serious blood pressure problems as it can potentially cause quite a few serious troubles like heart attac...
Riley Day syndrome, commonly referred to as familial dysautonomia (FD), is a genetic disease with extremely labile blood pressure due to baroreflex deaffer... L Norcliffe-Kaufmann,FB Axelrod,H Kaufmann - 《Journal of Human Hypertension》 被引量: 70发表: 2013年 High blood pressure: a lifetim...
High blood pressure(also calledhypertension) is one of those health problems that doesn't have symptoms; hence it's known as "the silent killer." It can still lead to serious issues likeheart attacks, congestive heart failure, and strokes. So it pays to know the risks of hypertension. ...
Reading blood pressure entails noting two numbers on your blood pressure monitor, each representing different aspects of your cardiovascular function. These two numbers are typically separated by a slash, for instance, 120/80 mmHg. The first number is referred to as systolic blood pressure, and the...
These complications of hypertension are often referred to as end-organ damage because damage to these organs is the end result of chronic (long duration) high blood pressure. For that reason, the diagnosis of high blood pressure is important so efforts can be made to normalize blood pressure ...