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  2. Hypertension is a ‘silent killer.’ Here’s what your blood ...

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    You don’t need to have Stage 2 hypertension or be on the verge of a hypertensive crisis to have high blood pressure negatively impact your health, explains Dr. Luke Laffin, codirector of ...

  3. Hypertensive encephalopathy - Wikipedia

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    The impairment of cerebral blood flow that underlies hypertensive encephalopathy is still controversial. Normally, cerebral blood flow is maintained by an autoregulation mechanism that dilates arterioles in response to blood pressure decreases and constricts arterioles in response to blood pressure increases. This autoregulation falters when ...

  4. Hypertensive crisis - Wikipedia

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    People with blood pressures in this range may have no symptoms, but are more likely to report headaches (22% of cases) [1] and dizziness than the general population. [2] Other symptoms accompanying a hypertensive crisis may include visual deterioration due to retinopathy, breathlessness due to heart failure, or a general feeling of malaise due ...

  5. Hypertension - Wikipedia

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    [6] [7] For most adults, high blood pressure is present if the resting blood pressure is persistently at or above 130/80 or 140/90 mmHg. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Different numbers apply to children. [ 14 ] Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring over a 24-hour period appears more accurate than office-based blood pressure measurement .

  6. A majority of young adults have high blood pressure and don't ...

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    A normal blood pressure reading is less than 120/80 mm Hg, while high blood pressure, or hypertension, is considered 130/80 mm Hg or higher, according to the American College of Cardiology and ...

  7. The One Thing You Should Never, Ever Do if You Have High ...

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    High blood pressure (stage 1): 130-139 systolic or 80-89 diastolic. High blood pressure (stage 2): 140-179 systolic or 90 or higher diastolic.

  8. Labile hypertension - Wikipedia

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    Labile hypertension occurs when there are unexpected changes in blood pressure.The term can be used to describe when people have blood pressure measurements that abruptly fluctuate from being abnormally high, approximately 140/90mm Hg or over and returns to its normal range.

  9. 6 Myths About High Blood Pressure Experts Want You to Stop ...

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    “A common myth is that you will not develop high blood pressure if you do not have a family history of high blood pressure or heart disease,” says Marjorie Nolan Cohn, M.S., RD, LDN, a ...