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  2. 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 ...

  3. 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 ...

  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. 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.

  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. 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 ...

  8. Hypertensive emergency - Wikipedia

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    A hypertensive emergency is not based solely on an absolute level of blood pressure, but also on a patient's baseline blood pressure before the hypertensive crisis occurs. Individuals with a history of chronic hypertension may not tolerate a "normal" blood pressure, and can therefore present symptomatically with hypotension , including fatigue ...

  9. Essential hypertension - Wikipedia

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    The health care provider usually takes 2–3 readings at several medical appointments to diagnose high blood pressure. [39] Using the results of the blood pressure test, the health care provider will diagnose prehypertension or high blood pressure if: For an adult, systolic or diastolic readings are consistently higher than 120/80 mmHg.