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Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is a long-term medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is persistently elevated. [11] High blood pressure usually does not cause symptoms itself. [ 1 ]
The high blood pressure is gradual at early stages and may take at least 10–15 years to fully develop. Besides diabetes, other factors that may also increase high blood pressure include obesity, insulin resistance and high cholesterol levels. In general, fewer than 25 percent of diabetics have good control of their blood pressure.
Anxiety disorders in women are more likely to be comorbid with other anxiety disorders, bulimia, or depression. [10] Women are two and a half times more likely to experience Panic Disorder (PD) than men, [11] and are also twice as likely to develop specific phobias. [12] Additionally, Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) occurs among women more ...
White coat hypertension (WHT), also known as white coat syndrome, is a form of labile hypertension [1] in which people exhibit a blood pressure level above the normal range in a clinical setting, although they do not exhibit it in other settings. [2] It is believed that the phenomenon is due to anxiety experienced during a clinic visit. [3]
Eclampsia is the onset of seizures (convulsions) in a woman with pre-eclampsia. [1] Pre-eclampsia is a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy that presents with three main features: new onset of high blood pressure, large amounts of protein in the urine or other organ dysfunction, and edema.
Women who have chronic hypertension before their pregnancy are at increased risk of complications such as premature birth, low birthweight or stillbirth. [26] Women who have high blood pressure and had complications in their pregnancy have three times the risk of developing cardiovascular disease compared to women with normal blood pressure who ...
There are more women than men with hypertension, [19] and, although men develop hypertension earlier in life, [20] hypertension in women is less well controlled. [21] [22] The consequences of high blood pressure in women are a major public health problem and hypertension is a more important contributory factor in heart attacks in women than men ...
Panic disorder tends to arise in early adulthood, though it can occur at any age. It is more common in women and usually arises more in individuals with above-average intelligence. [24] [25] Research involving identical twins has shown that if one twin has an anxiety disorder, the other is likely to have one too. [26]