Related articles: Hypertension
Definition
Blood pressure depends on the amount of blood pumped from the heart and the resistance it encounters when it flows into the arteries. As these factors increase there is a rise in blood pressure. In more than 90% of cases hypertension manifests itself without any apparent cause (it is said idiopathic or essential), while in the remaining percentage of cases there are predisposing factors, such as renal and endocrine diseases.Most common symptoms and signs *
- Tinnitus
- Arrhythmia
- Redness of the face
- Small child for gestational age
- Decline in sexual desire
- Cardiomegaly
- Coma
- Erectile dysfunction
- Temporal and spatial disorientation
- Premature release of the placenta
- Brain edema
- Papilla edema
- erythromelalgia
- Atrial fibrillation
- Atrial flutter
- Hydrocephalus
- insulin Resistance
- Headache
- Nervousness
- nocturia
- oligohydramnios
- Leg itch
- Itching in the hands
- Urinary retention
- Nosebleeds
- Blood in the ejaculate
- Sense of suffocation
- Nephrotic syndrome
- Night sweats
- Pleural effusion
- Dizziness
Further indications
In many cases hypertension lasts a long time without giving any particular symptoms, even when it reaches rather high values. Nevertheless, if high blood pressure is not adequately treated it determines - in the long run - a significant increase in the risk of developing serious health problems, such as heart attacks, aneurysms, strokes, heart and kidney failure. Fortunately, unlike many diseases, hypertension is very easy to diagnose and to keep under control, avoiding the onset of symptoms and pathologies. For this reason it is good practice to check your blood pressure values every two years starting from the second decade of life.
