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Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Some High Blood Pressure Symptoms In Men

By Bradd Alan


Hypertension, generally known as high blood pressure, is silent killer ailment that affects one out of every three people in America. This translates to a whooping sixty five million people. High blood pressure happens once the pressure in the blood quickly increases to uncontrollable high levels. Most young men are often unlikely to get hypertension but the risks increase after they hit age 45. Since high blood pressure develops with time, you will find no obvious identifiable signs and symptoms specific to it. This means that it requires a very long time for the pressure to build up to an extent where it may cause harm to the kidney and other body organs. While there are no specific symptoms to high blood pressure, you will find a couple of high blood pressure symptoms in men, whose combination may mean you have high blood pressure.

Hypertension in men can cause constant and severe headaches. This is especially in hypertensive crisis, which is when the systolic blood pressure is above 180 while the diastolic pressure is below 110. Systolic pressure is the top number of your BP while diastolic pressure is the lower number of your BP (blood pressure)

Research carried out within a hospital established that 17% of patients treated for hypertension experienced nosebleeds, making nosebleeds an indicator of HBP. Nosebleeds could be triggered by many other factors but, should you experience several nose bleed each week, this may be a sign that the blood pressure is actually high. The research also established that nose bleeds are extremely common in early stages of HBP.

Blood spots in the eyes are also a sign of high blood pressure in men. Blood spots in the eyes are also known as subconjuctival hemorrhage. This is a common symptom in people with high blood pressure, and if left untreated it can cause serious damage to the optic nerve.

A flushed face is another characteristic of HBP. While a flushed face may also be triggered by other factors for example sun exposure and skin care products, a flushed face triggered by hypertension happens constantly and unexpectedly. You need to seek immediate medical attention if you experience this.

Constant dizziness and imbalance are also signs of high blood pressure in men. Dizziness is caused by the lack of blood circulating to the brain. This in turn causes an imbalance and might cause fainting.

Another high blood pressure symptom in men is difficulty breathing. This is triggered with by a reduction in supply of oxygen to the heart because the arterial blood vessels within your body expand to support the increased blood pressure. This then leads to difficulty in breathing

One of the major telltale signs of hypertension in men is blood in urine. This is especially so for long untreated cases of HBP. Urine in the blood occurs when the blood pressure has reached alarming levels that cause damage to bodily organs. If this is experienced, you should consult your physician immediately.




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