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Elevated blood pressure alone is not an illness |
elevated blood pressure often requires treatment due to its short- and long-term effects on many organs. If you have high blood pressure you are more likely to suffer from:- Cerebrovascular accident (CVAs or strokes)
- Myocardial infarction (heart attack)
- Hypertensive cardiomyopathy (heart failure due to chronically high blood pressure)
- Hypertensive retinopathy - damage to the retina in the eye
- Hypertensive nephropathy - chronic renal failure due to chronically high blood pressure
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