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  2. Pseudohypertension - Wikipedia

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    Pseudohypertension, also known as pseudohypertension in the elderly, noncompressibility artery syndrome, and Osler's sign (or Osler sign) of pseudohypertension is a falsely elevated blood pressure reading obtained through sphygmomanometry due to calcification of blood vessels which cannot be compressed. [1]

  3. Hypertensive crisis - Wikipedia

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    Hypertensive crisis; Other names: Malignant hypertension, accelerated hypertension: A systolic hypertensive crisis as measured on a home automated arm blood pressure monitor, showing an extremely elevated systolic blood pressure of 227, a mildly elevated diastolic blood pressure of 93 and a very fast tachycardic heart rate of 162 beats per minute.

  4. 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 ...

  5. Hypertensive encephalopathy - Wikipedia

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    In hypertensive encephalopathy, generally the blood pressure is greater than 200/130 mmHg. [1] Occasionally it can occur at a BP as low as 160/100 mmHg. [4] This can occur in kidney failure, those who rapidly stop blood pressure medication, pheochromocytoma, and people on a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) who eat foods with tyramine. [2]

  6. 2 simple strategies can help control your high blood pressure ...

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    The best news is that when you take a dedicated approach, you can bring your high blood pressure down into a normal, healthy range in a relatively short period of time—as quickly as four to six ...

  7. Prehypertension - Wikipedia

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    Prehypertension is often asymptomatic (without symptoms) at the time of diagnosis. Only extremely elevated blood pressure (malignant hypertension) can, in rare cases, cause headaches, visual changes, fatigue, or dizziness, but these are nonspecific symptoms which can occur with many other conditions.

  8. Untreated high blood pressure may raise Alzheimer’s ... - AOL

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    When reviewing blood pressure data for all participants, researchers found that 9% had untreated high blood pressure, 51% were currently taking hypertension medications, 36% did not have high ...

  9. Hypertensive heart disease - Wikipedia

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    Hypertension or high blood pressure affects at least 26.4% of the world's population. [15] Hypertensive heart disease is only one of several diseases attributable to high blood pressure. Other diseases caused by high blood pressure include ischemic heart disease, cancer, stroke, peripheral arterial disease, aneurysms and kidney disease.