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Uncontrolled high blood pressure can result in a greater risk for cognitive decline or dementia as well as cardiovascular disease. More than half of all Americans experience hypertension by the ...
In terms of environmental factors, dietary salt intake is the leading risk factor in the development of hypertension. [7] Salt sensitivity is characterized by an increase in blood pressure with an increase in dietary salt and is associated with various genetic, demographic, and physiological factors— African American populations, postmenopausal women, and older individuals carry a higher ...
Already, scientists have identified that high blood pressure, or hypertension, increases the risk of cognitive decline. Conversely, treatment of hypertension seems to reduce the risk .
High Blood Pressure “High blood pressure can damage blood vessels in the brain, leading to vascular issues that increase dementia risk,” says Smita Patel, D.O., FAASM , a board-certified ...
Repeated injury can cause progressive dementia over time, while a single injury located in an area critical for cognition such as the hippocampus, or thalamus, can lead to sudden cognitive decline. [75] Elements of vascular dementia may be present in all other forms of dementia. [76]
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 ...
“[The study] found that men’s brains start showing signs of damage from things like high blood pressure, obesity, and diabetes earlier than women’s—about 10 years sooner.
Stroke-related dementia involving successive small strokes causes a more gradual decline in cognition. [4] Dementia may occur when neurodegenerative and cerebrovascular pathologies are mixed, as in susceptible elderly people (75 years and older). [2] [5] Cognitive decline can be traced back to occurrence of successive strokes. [4]