Know about high blood pressure

High blood pressure (hypertension) silently damages various organs.

Basic mechanism of damage is – accelerates the process of atherosclerosis and damages the heart.

How heart is damaged – Heart has to pump harder, so it hypertrophies first (like bodybuilders build there muscles by exercising). After a while, the heart cannot cope anymore (heart failure), gives rise to congestion and accumulation of fluid in the lungs causing breathlessness. This is left ventricular failure (left heart failure). Later right ventricle also fails, giving rise to congestive cardiac failure – manifested by ankle oedema, enlarged tender liver and raised JVP (Jugular Venous Pressure).

High BP can cause haemorrhagic stroke (bleeding into the brain – cerebral haemorrhage). Atherosclerosis causes ischaemic stroke (cerebral infarction) and heart attack (myocardial infarction). Eyes can be damaged due to hypertensive retinopathy.

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