When many people think about hypertension, the first thing that springs to mind is geriatric illness. Only adults over the age of 65 are at risk for this condition. Hypertension, on the other hand, begins to develop in youth. If hypertensive young individuals are not treated promptly, they are more likely to develop the following severe disorders.
High blood pressure has a significant effect! What illnesses can be caused by hypertension?
1. Cardiovascular disease
Long-term hypertension can encourage the creation and progression of atherosclerosis. Because of the functional alteration of the coronary artery, coronary atherosclerosis can obstruct or limit the arterial cavity, or induce myocardial ischemia, hypoxia, and necrosis. Coronary atherosclerotic heart disease is the most frequent kind of organ disease induced by atherosclerosis, and it is also a common condition that poses a major threat to human health.
2. Cerebral vasculitis
Cerebral bleeding, cerebral thrombosis, cerebral infarction, and transient ischemic attack are all examples. Cerebrovascular accident, generally known as stroke, is a terrible disease with a high mortality rate. Even if it is not deadly, the majority of them will be permanently incapacitated. It is the most virulent of the acute cerebrovascular disorders.
The higher the blood pressure of hypertensive people, the greater the risk of stroke. If the cerebral arteries of hypertensive patients harden to a certain extent, combined with temporary or excessive excitement, such as anger, the occurrence of sudden accidents, violent exercise, and so on, blood pressure will rise sharply, the cerebral vessels will rupture and bleed, and blood will overflow into the brain tissue surrounding the blood vessels. At this point, the patient will go into a coma and collapse to the ground, which is why it is generally referred to as a stroke.
3. Hypertensive cardiomyopathy
Left ventricular hypertrophy and enlargement, cardiomyocyte hypertrophy, and interstitial fibrosis are the most common cardiac alterations in hypertensive individuals. Hypertension causes cardiac hypertrophy and enlargement, a condition known as hypertensive heart disease. Hypertensive heart illness is an unavoidable consequence of hypertension that cannot be treated for an extended period of time. Finally, it may have an impact on life safety as a result of cardiac hypertrophy, arrhythmia, and heart failure.
4th. Hypertensive encephalopathy
It is more common in persons with severe hypertension. Excessive blood perfusion causes cerebral edema because elevated blood pressure exceeds the automatic regulatory range of cerebral blood flow. Clinically, encephalopathy symptoms and indicators include widespread severe headache, vomiting, disruption of consciousness, insanity, and even coma and convulsions.
5. End-stage renal disease
The damage of hypertension to the kidney is a significant consequence, with hypertension associated with renal failure accounting for around 10% of all cases. Hypertension and renal disease might combine to create a vicious cycle. On the one hand, hypertension damages the kidneys; on the other hand, kidney disease can worsen hypertension. Throughout general, renal arterioles harden, renal blood flow diminishes, and the kidney's capacity to concentrate urine decreases in the middle and late stages of hypertension. Polyuria and nocturia will worsen at this time.
Rapidly growing hypertension can result in significant chronic renal arteriole lesions, malignant renal arteriosclerosis, and uremia.