What are the risk factors associate with high blood pressure?

Answer 1

High blood pressure increases the heart's workload, causing the heart to thicken and become stiffer. It also increases your risk of stroke, heart attack, kidney failure and congestive heart failure. When high blood pressure exists with obesity, smoking, high blood cholesterol levels or diabetes, the risk of heart attack or stroke increases several times.

Answer 2

1

Answer 3

3 years ago, I was diagnosed - hypertension with a reading of 160/100. I used to feel dizzy a lot, my legs had awful cramps, and levels were very low in my potassium, causing my fingers and toes to always cramp together. One day I started to feel really faint while I was driving with my daughter in the back seat and I passed out, hitting 3 cars and ending up in a ditch. That moment,I knew I had to do something because my meds weren't working. I heard about this diet from a friend and thought I'd give it a shot. The results have been remarkable. In just 21 days, I honestly can't remember feeling this good, my blood pressure went from 175/110 to 125/70.

Answer 4

Eveary vital organ suffers if hypertension takes place. Starting from heart - heart attack, heart failure; brain - stroke, paralysis. Kidneys - CRF (chronic renal failure) ; eyes - retinal hemorrhage; nose - epistaxis.
These are to name some life threatening there can be inumerable other minor ones also.

Answer 5

heart attacks & strokes are the result but risk factors are obesiy smoking drinking genes. i haveit - my dad had it my brother has it. i am not on meds yet but pobably will be with my family history

Answer 6

Hey why don't you check out this website - I found it very useful - http://ailments.in/hypertension.html