Article: What Can Happen If High Blood Pressure Is Left Untreated?

What Can Happen If High Blood Pressure Is Left Untreated?

Because people with high blood pressure do not usually have any symptoms until the disease has reached an advanced stage, high blood pressure is often called the ?silent killer.? That is why having blood pressure checked regularly is important.



The lack of symptoms is why some people who are aware they have high blood pressure do not take any steps to control and treat it. Because they feel okay they think everything is okay. But if high blood pressure is left untreated, serious problems may develop over time.



Uncontrolled high blood pressure can cause strokes. As high blood pressure causes a person?s arteries to get narrower and narrower, it is harder for blood to get to the brain. That can potentially cause blot clots in the brain, cause a blood vessel in ...
 

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What Can Happen If High Blood Pressure Is Left Untreated?

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