What are the symtoms of high blood pressure?

Answer 1

Signs and symptoms

Hypertension is usually found incidentally - "case finding" - by healthcare professionals. It normally produces no symptoms.

Malignant hypertension (or accelerated hypertension) is distinct as a late phase in the condition, and may present with headaches, blurred vision and end-organ damage.

It is recognised that stressful situations can increase the blood pressure; if a normally normotensive patient has a high blood pressure only when being reviewed by a healthcare professional, this is colloquially termed white coat effect. Since most of what we know of hypertension and its outcome with or without modification is based on large series of readings in doctors' offices and clinics (e.g., Framingham), it is difficult to be sure that white-coat hypertension is not significant. Ambulatory monitoring may help determine whether traffic and ticket inspectors produce similar sustained rises.

Hypertension is often confused with mental tension, stress and anxiety. While chronic anxiety is associated with poor outcomes in people with hypertension, it alone does not cause it.

Answer 2

So minor that you will not notice them until it is too late. The only way to know if you have high blood pressure is if you check your blood pressure over a period of time.

I have high blood pressure, and my medication does a good job of controlling it.

You can purchase a self-inflating blood pressure machine at almost every drug store or at places like Walmart (that's where I got mine) for under $75. A lot of these stores also have an automatic blood pressure machine that you can use in the store.

High Blood Pressure means that your heart has to work harder to pump the blood. If it keeps doing this then it gets enlarged and that can lead to a heart attack or stroke. Enlarged hearts don't work as well. A heart attack is caused when some of the muscles of the heart fail, and that happens they don't regain their function. A stroke happens when a blood vessel gets restricted or an insufficient blood pressure. This can cause serious brain damage that you may not be able to recover from.

The best way to control your high blood pressure is through diet, exercise, and medication. It can be caused by stress or being overweight. Once you get high blood pressure you are not doomed to a lifetime of having to take medication. If you reduce your weight and cut down on the stress then you can get to a point where you no longer need the medication. My mother did this and is quite healthy now.

Answer 3

There are symptoms when it gets really high. First you start getting out of breath everywhere you go, if you have to run for a bus you're heaving to catch your breath. Second, blinding headaches. Third numbness and pins and needles in you arms and legs. Fourth, as your heart starts to fail, palpitations, central chest pain and a horrible dry cough that feels wet and won't shift because it is caused by pulmonary odema (water on the lungs), get a chest Xray quick this was my first proof something serious was wrong. If they see water on your lungs they will give you an echo cardiogram and figure out how bad things are at the same time as trying to get your BP down. High pulse (tachycardia) of around 100 BM at rest can also be a symptom. If your BP goes 'malignant' <240/130 it can and will kill you in days if not treated. Get a quality BP machine, the cheap ones don't work, which is scary and can put your BP up just worrying about if it's right! You also get extreme lethargy at the end and can start falling asleep while smoking so quit! It is also true that at the end you have to pee sometimes 10 times before you can get to sleep, then suddenly your kidneys fail, you stop peeing and swell up like a balloon.

Answer 4

The symtoms of high blood pressure are the following. Dizziness, lack of energy, lots of urination. Yes these all sound like symtoms of diabeaties. The only way to get a good diagosis is to see your doctor and get the proper testings done. Things that you could do to lower blood is to get enough sleep, lots of water enogh exercise and to cut out smoking and drinking if you do either of these things. Remember the normal blood pressure is 120/ 80.

Answer 5

Ordinarily, the only way you'd know would be for a health professional to measure it with a sphygmomanometer and a stethoscope. If you're talking preeclampsia, that's a whole 'nother story. Extreme lethargy, often accompanied by collapse that come on quite abruptly are the symptoms. Any woman who's pregnant and has this happen is at very high risk of losing the baby and her life - it's one of the few true obstetric emergencies. Unfortuntely, like with hypertension due to other causes, there's no way you can tell ahead of time that your blood pressure is reaching a dangerous level.

Answer 6

You should read "The Blood Pressure Solution" (also available in electronic format, watch the video presentation here: http://www.fixbloodpressure.com ) It's a very comprehensive step-by-step book that walks you through the natural remedies of high blood pressure. It provides you with a lot of information on what foods to eat, how you can acquire and prepare these foods, how you can change your lifestyle for the better, how to eliminate the toxins from your body, how to reduce stress, how you can check your blood pressure level the correct way etc.

The book is amazing in that it not only lowers your blood pressure without the help of medications; it also aids you in having a life that is healthy, happier, and less stressful. This book chanced my life.

Answer 7

Actually there are no symptoms. You should keep check on it because it is known as the silent killer. When my blood pressure went up at work recently I knew it was up---basically because I am aware of how I feel normally. Sometimes it can be as simple as a sudden headache or a weakness. When your blood pressure gets that high---and the symptoms do show---you are in trouble. Seek medical attention quickly. And you may want to just go to the local health clinic in your area and ask them to do a blood pressure check on you or you can go to the pharmacy in your area and use one of those machines in the prescription area to give you a "semi-nominal" reading. They are usually fairly accurate if you don't have a really big arm.

Answer 8

High blood pressure typically has no symptoms. That's why it's frequently referred to as the silent killer. It's important to monitor your blood pressure regularly for that reason. Even the local Target, Wal Mart and Walgreens have blood pressure machines. If your family has a history of high blood pressure, make sure you monitor yours to prevent health problems.

Answer 9

I also have high blood pressure ..Thats one part of your body that hurts is the back of your neck, sometimes when you stress like that the back of your neck is really tensed, you may want to check with your Doctor high blood pressure runs in my family out of my parents 10 children (6) of us have that same issue

Answer 10

High blood pressure is almost a symptomless disease. Occasional headache and increase tendency of passing urine; some patients complaints.