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- High blood pressure (hypertension) - Diagnosis treatment - Mayo Clinic
The second, or lower, number measures the pressure in the arteries between heartbeats High blood pressure (hypertension) is diagnosed if the blood pressure reading is equal to or greater than 130 80 mm-Hg A diagnosis of high blood pressure is usually based on the average of two or more readings taken on separate occasions
- High blood pressure (hypertension) - Symptoms causes - Mayo Clinic
High blood pressure is a common condition that affects the body's arteries It's also called hypertension If you have high blood pressure, the force of the blood pushing against the artery walls is consistently too high The heart has to work harder to pump blood Blood pressure is measured in millimeters of mercury (mm Hg)
- Blood pressure chart: What your reading means - Mayo Clinic
Checking your blood pressure helps you avoid health problems Learn more about what your numbers mean
- Choosing blood pressure medications - Mayo Clinic
Medicines to treat high blood pressure are sometimes called antihypertensives Choosing the right blood pressure medicine can be challenging Your health care team may recommend more than one type of medicine to treat high blood pressure Always take blood pressure medicines as directed and get regular blood pressure checkups
- Tinnitus - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Blood vessel disorders Conditions that affect your blood vessels — such as atherosclerosis, high blood pressure, or kinked or malformed blood vessels — can cause blood to move through your veins and arteries with more force These blood flow changes can cause tinnitus or make tinnitus more noticeable Other chronic conditions
- Medications and supplements that can raise your blood pressure
Here are some medicines, supplements and other substances that can raise blood pressure If you use any of them and you're worried about how they affect your blood pressure, talk to your health care provider
- Pulmonary hypertension - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Pulmonary hypertension is a type of high blood pressure that affects the arteries in the lungs and the right side of the heart In one form of pulmonary hypertension, called pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), blood vessels in the lungs are narrowed, blocked or destroyed The damage makes it hard for blood to move through the lungs Blood pressure in the lung arteries goes up The heart
- Mitral valve regurgitation - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Learn more about the symptoms and treatment of this most common heart valve condition, which causes blood to leak backward in the heart
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