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High blood pressure has many risk factors, including: | High blood pressure has many risk factors, including:<ref name="pmid21224930">{{cite journal| author=Murtuza B, Gupta P, Goli G, Lall KS| title=Coronary revascularization in adults with dextrocardia: surgical implications of the anatomic variants. | journal=Tex Heart Inst J | year= 2010 | volume= 37 | issue= 6 | pages= 633-40 | pmid=21224930 | doi= | pmc=3014129 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21224930 }} </ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:07, 26 May 2020
Hypertension
Types
There are two types of Hypertension:[1]
Primary: not related to another medical condition
Secodary: Another medical condition that causes high blood pressure, including:
- Kidney disease
- Adrenal disease
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Thyroid problems
- Coarctation of Aorta
- Obstructive sleep apnea
Symptoms
High blood pressure often has no symptoms, if it's extremely high it might causes symptoms like:
- Sever headache
- Fatigue or confusion
- Blurry vision
- Chest pain
- Dyspnea
- Irregular heartbeat
- Bloody urine
- Pounding sensation in the patient's chest, neck, or ears
Risk Factors
High blood pressure has many risk factors, including:[2]
- Age
- Race
- Family history
- Overweight and obesity
- Tobacco
- High sodium or low potassium diet
- Diabetes
- Lack of physical activity
- Stress
Complications
Uncontrolled Hypertension can cause serious problems, such as:[3]
- Heart attack or stroke
- Aneurysm
- Heart failure
- Kidney damage
- Vision problems
- Peripheral artery disease (PAD)
- Hypertensive crisis
- Sexual dysfunction
- ↑ Calcaterra G, Anderson RH, Lau KC, Shinebourne EA (1979). "Dextrocardia--value of segmental analysis in its categorisation". Br Heart J. 42 (5): 497–507. doi:10.1136/hrt.42.5.497. PMC 482192. PMID 518773.
- ↑ Murtuza B, Gupta P, Goli G, Lall KS (2010). "Coronary revascularization in adults with dextrocardia: surgical implications of the anatomic variants". Tex Heart Inst J. 37 (6): 633–40. PMC 3014129. PMID 21224930.
- ↑ Arunabha, DC; Sumit, RT; Sourin, B; Sabyasachi, C; Subhasis, M (2014). "Kartagener's Syndrome: A Classical Case". Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences. 24 (4): 363. doi:10.4314/ejhs.v24i4.13. ISSN 1029-1857.