Complications of Hypertension

Complications of Hypertension

High blood pressure (hypertension) can quietly damage your body for years before symptoms appear. Left unmanaged, you can end up with a disability, poor health, or a life-threatening heart condition. About half of all people with untreated high blood pressure die of heart-related heart disease and another third die of a stroke. Lifestyle therapy can help control high blood pressure to reduce the risk of complications that threaten your health.

Injuries to the Nutrients

Damaged and Narrowed Arteries

High blood pressure can damage cells in your internal arteries. When fats from your diet enter your bloodstream, they can accumulate in damaged arteries. Eventually, your artery walls tighten, reducing blood flow throughout your body.

Aneurysm

When an unusual worm appears on the artery wall. Aneurysms develop and grow for years with fractures, large enough to compress the adjacent body parts or block blood flow. The growing signs and symptoms depend on the location of the aneurysm.

Coronary Artery Disease

Cardiovascular disease affects the arteries that carry blood to your heart muscles. Arteries narrowed by coronary heart disease do not allow blood to flow freely through your arteries. When blood cannot flow freely to your heart, you may experience chest pain, heart disease or abnormal heart rhythm.

Left Enlarged Heart

Left Enlarged Heart

High blood pressure forces your heart to work harder to pump blood throughout your body. This causes the left ventricle to tighten or tighten. These changes limit the ability of the ventricle to pump blood to your body. This condition increases the risk of heart attack, heart failure and sudden cardiac death.

Heart Failure

Heart Failure

Over time the pressure in your heart caused by high blood pressure can cause your heart muscle to weaken and function properly. Eventually your depressed heart will just start to age and fail.

Stroke

A stroke occurs when a part of your brain is deprived of oxygen and nutrients, causing the brain cells to die. Uncontrolled high blood pressure can lead to strokes by damaging and weakening your blood vessels, causing them to shrink, collapse, or leak. High blood pressure can also cause blood clots in the arteries that lead to your brain, blocking blood flow, and causing a stroke.

Passive Ischemic Attacks

Transient Ischemic Attacks

Sometimes called a small stroke, a passing ischemic attack is a temporary disruption of the blood supply to your brain. It is usually caused by atherosclerosis or a blood clot of both that can result in high blood pressure. A passing ischemic attack is often a warning that you are in danger of having a full stroke.

Dementia

Dementia is a disease of the brain that leads to problems with thinking, speaking, thinking, memory, vision and movement. There are many causes for dementia. One reason, dementia in the arteries, may arise from the narrowing and closing of the blood vessels in the brain. It can also be caused by strokes caused by disruption of blood flow to the brain. In any case, high blood pressure may be the cause.

Central Cognitive Disability

Mental retardation is a phase of the transition between cognitive and memory changes that come with aging and the most serious complications caused by Alzheimer's disease. Like dementia, it can be caused by blocked blood flow to the brain when high blood pressure damages blood vessels.

Kidney Failure

High blood pressure is one of the most common causes of kidney failure. This is because it can damage both the blood vessels that lead to your kidneys and the small blood vessels (glomeruli) inside the kidneys. In some cases, your kidneys do not allow you to filter out waste products from your bloodstream. As a result harmful levels of fluids and waste can accumulate. Finally you may need dialysis or kidney transplantation.

The Kidneys are Ruptured

Glomerulosclerosis is a type of kidney damage caused by glomeruli shock. Glomeruli are small clusters of blood vessels inside your kidneys that filter the fluid and waste in your bloodstream. Glomerulosclerosis can leave your kidneys unable to filter out waste efficiently leading to kidney failure.

Kidney Artery Aneurysm

Kidney Artery Aneurysm

An aneurysm is a lump in the wall of a blood vessel. When it occurs in the artery leading to the kidneys, it is known as a renal artery aneurysm. Another possible cause is atherosclerosis, which weakens and damages the artery wall. Excessive hypertension in a weakened artery can cause the component to enlarge and form an aneurysm. An aneurysm can rupture and cause life-threatening internal bleeding.

Blood Vessel Injury

High blood pressure can damage the arteries that carry blood to your retina, causing mental disorders. This condition can lead to bleeding in the eye, blurred vision and complete loss of vision. If you also have both diabetes and high blood pressure you are at greater risk.

Fluid Buildup under Retina

In this case the formation of fluid under your retina is due to a leaky artery a layer of blood vessels located beneath the retina. Choroidopathy can lead to blurred vision or in some cases a blurred vision.

Emotional Injury

Nerve Damage

This is a condition in which obstruction of the bloodstream damages the optic nerve. It can kill nerve cells in your eyes, which can cause bleeding inside your eye or loss of vision.

Bone Loss

High blood pressure can increase the amount of calcium in your urine. That excess calcium release can lead to osteoporosis, which can also lead to broken bones. The risk increases especially for older women.

Sleep Problem

Sleep deprivation that does not prevent the condition in which your throat muscles are relaxing makes you more likely to occur more than half of those with hypertension. It is now thought that high blood pressure itself can help start sleep apnea. Also, sleep apnea can cause high blood pressure.