BLOOD PRESSURE, ELEVATED (HYPERTENSION): DESCRIPTION AND POSSIBLE MEDICAL PROBLEMS
Thursday, April 9, 2009 | 5:27 amIn some social circles, it may seem at times as if the primary topic of conversation is blood pressure, most often that it’s too high. But high blood pressure really is a major health problem in America because it can lead to a number of other serious diseases. Simply put, high blood pressure is a condition in which blood moves through your arteries at a pressure that is too high for good health.
If you are diagnosed with high blood pressure, your doctor will want to determine the length of time your pressure has been elevated, to get an idea of its severity. The signs your doctor will look for include changes in the blood vessels of the eye, which may affect your vision, an enlarged heart, and an elevated blood urea nitrogen (BUN) level, which shows that the kidney has been damaged due to the elevated pressure. A routine blood test will also detect the other serious risk factors that aggravate high blood pressure, such as elevated cholesterol and blood sugar levels.
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