Hypertension and its complications

The vital organs are often damaged by the pressure in excess exerted by the arterial walls. This damage gets greater and greater with the degree of the pressure and the time it is not under control.

Some of the possible complications of hypertension are:

• * A stroke generated by the blockage or rupture of a blood vessel in the brain.
• * The loss of vision due the thickening, narrowing or tearing of one or more blood vessels of the eyes.
• *The damage produced on the arteries generates atherosclerosis, hard and thick arteries, a condition that favors many complications, including a heart attack. Hypertension may also lead to aneurysm, which is the enlargement or bulging of a blood vessel.
• * Thickness the muscle of the heart by over-solicitation; it is no longer capable in time to satisfy the organism's need for blood and results in heart failure.
• *The metabolic syndrome may appear, which is characterized by increased levels of the blood pressure and insulin, high triglycerides, low high - density lipoprotein or cholesterol. The persons affected by hypertension are more at risk to develop one of the above conditions, or even diabetes, stroke or heart disease.
• * It weakens and narrows the kidneys' blood vessels, affecting their normal function.

Other possible consequences of a hypertension that is not kept under control may be alteration of some abilities, such as thinking, remembering and learning and the increase of the risk of dementia and cognitive impairment.