High blood pressure : symptoms and treatment

High blood pressure:-

An elevated blood pressure than normal level is called as high blood pressure. Hypertension is the medical term used to indicate high blood pressure.

High blood pressure is a silent killer. because high blood is asymptomatic in most of cases.

Symptoms of high blood pressure:-

* In most of the cases high blood pressure is asymptomatic.
* dizziness
* headache
* blurred vision
* nausea

If high blood pressure is not treated it leads to organ damage :-
* heart failure
* renal failure
* cerebral hemorrhage or stroke
* retinal damage in eyes
* peripheral vascular diseases
* out pouching of aorta

Malignant hypertension is the sudden worsening of blood pressure, manifested with severe symptoms if it is not diagnosed until it reaches fatal state.

Treatment of high blood pressure:-

* weight reduction,
* less salt consumption,
* avoiding smoking,
* pharmacological treatment etc.