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  2. Hypertensive crisis - Wikipedia

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    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 to kidney failure. [3] Most people with a hypertensive crisis are known to have elevated blood pressure, but additional triggers may have led to a sudden rise. [4]

  3. 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 ...

  4. End organ damage - Wikipedia

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    For patients with long-standing hypertension, patient education on the importance of consistently taking prescribed medications and keeping blood pressure well-controlled is critical. [2] Additionally, future treatments may focus not only on blood pressure control but also the reduction of local inflammation that can lead to end organ damage. [4]

  5. What is Hypertension? Everything You Need to Know - AOL

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    Hypertensive crisis. 180 or higher. 120 or higher. If you’ve checked your blood pressure and the reading indicates a hypertensive crisis, wait five minutes and then check it again. If it’s ...

  6. Hypertension - Wikipedia

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    Hypertensive crisis is categorized as either hypertensive urgency or hypertensive emergency, according to the absence or presence of end organ damage, respectively. [27] [28] In hypertensive urgency, there is no evidence of end organ damage resulting from the elevated blood pressure. In these cases, oral medications are used to lower the BP ...

  7. Category:Hypertension - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... History of hypertension; Hypertensive crisis; Hypertensive disease of pregnancy; ... Management of ...

  8. Hypertensive heart disease - Wikipedia

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    In addition, hypertension precedes heart failure in 90% of cases, [7] and the majority of heart failure in the elderly may be attributable to hypertension. [17] Hypertensive heart disease was estimated to be responsible for 1.0 million deaths worldwide in 2004 (or approximately 1.7% of all deaths globally), and was ranked 13th in the leading ...

  9. Hypertensive crises - Wikipedia

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