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High blood pressure (hypertension) - Symptoms & causes

Heart failure. When you have high blood pressure, the heart has to work harder to pump blood. The strain causes the walls of the heart's pumping chamber to ...

High Blood Pressure: Symptoms & Causes - Cleveland Clinic

When your blood pressure is 180/120 mmHg or higher, you may experience symptoms like headaches, heart palpitations or nosebleeds. Blood pressure this high is a ...

Understanding Blood Pressure Readings

High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, can lead to serious health problems including heart attack or stroke. Measuring your blood ...

What is High Blood Pressure? | American Heart Association

High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is when the force of blood flowing through your blood vessels continues to be too high over ...

Hypertension - World Health Organization (WHO)

Hypertension (high blood pressure) is when the pressure in your blood vessels is too high (140/90 mmHg or higher). It is common but can be serious if not ...

What Is High Blood Pressure? | NHLBI, NIH

High blood pressure develops when blood flows through your arteries at higher-than-normal pressures. Blood pressures are written as two numbers ...

High Blood Pressure | American Heart Association

What is high blood pressure or hypertension? The American Heart Association provides information on high blood pressure, low blood pressure, ...

High blood pressure - NHS

High blood pressure (also called hypertension) can lead to serious problems like heart attacks or strokes. But lifestyle changes and blood pressure medicines ...

High Blood Pressure (Hypertension): Causes and Symptoms

High blood pressure, or hypertension, occurs when the force of blood pushing through your vessels is consistently too high.

About High Blood Pressure - CDC

High blood pressure, also called hypertension, is blood pressure that is higher than normal. Your blood pressure changes throughout the day based on your ...

High blood pressure (Hypertension) - BHF

High blood pressure · Systolic pressure: this is the higher of the two numbers. · Normal blood pressure is usually considered to be between 90/60 mmHg and 120/ ...

High blood pressure (hypertension) - Diagnosis & treatment

Leslie Thomas, MD, a nephrologist at Mayo Clinic, answers the important questions you may have about hypertension (high blood pressure).

High Blood Pressure | Hypertension - MedlinePlus

High blood pressure (hypertension) develops when blood flows through arteries at higher than normal pressures. It increases the risk for ...

Hypertension - World Health Organization (WHO)

Hypertension, also known as high or raised blood pressure, is a condition in which the blood vessels have persistently raised pressure.

Hypertension - Wikipedia

Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is a long-term medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is persistently elevated.

Causes of High Blood Pressure - Risk Factors - WebMD

High blood pressure, also called hypertension, means your heart is working harder to pump blood out to the body. It's a dangerous condition and ...

High Blood Pressure - CDC

High blood pressure increases the risk for heart disease and stroke, two leading causes of death for Americans.

High blood pressure: What is high, symptoms, causes, and more

High blood pressure (hypertension) often has no symptoms but, it can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease and other life threatening complications.

High Blood Pressure - Causes and Risk Factors | NHLBI, NIH

Blood pressure tends to rise with age. Blood vessels naturally thicken and stiffen over time. These changes increase the risk for high blood ...

High Blood Pressure/Hypertension - Cedars-Sinai

High blood pressure is when the force of the blood is too high during heart contraction or relaxation within the arteries.