The majority of us associate hypertension with strokes or heart attacks. But even if the most serious consequences of high blood pressure bypass you, there is no way to simply get away with that. Hypertension has many side effects which are ruining your body day after day.
Heart attacks and strokes are final stages of processes that started years before, accumulating invisibly due to constant high blood pressure. The damage is real but you may never notice its frightening results. The body’s reaction to hypertension results in a long-term health crisis.
Hypertension is a serious test not just for your heart but for every organ. The kidneys are quite susceptible to high blood pressure. Their problems with removing waste and excess fluid from the blood add to further increase of blood pressure. In most serious cases they can stop functioning requiring transplantation.
Constant excess pressure on the walls of blood vessels transforms into their thickening and hardening. This is their defensive reaction against bursting under the pressure, a stroke or other severe consequence. Thickened and hardened arteries restrict blood flow and contribute to a lack of blood supply (another name of it is ischemia). Obviously, all the organs suffer from it.
Hardening of the arteries is commonly associated with vascular disease, the biggest risk also called “silent killer”. Modified arteries become less flexible, and it is their flexibility which determines the way you age. With healthy arteries the person is aging gracefully, full of good health and energy. In the opposite case you grow old before your time and suffer serious problems with health.
The eyes are also sensitive to high blood pressure. Their sensitivity to touch may be a sign of hypertension which increases the intraocular pressure. Other consequences include fuzzy vision and similar problems. A bloodshot appearance is the result of tiny capillaries bursting in the eye and the damage can be even more serious.
There’s one more problem related to blood flow, typical for men. You are right; it’s erectile dysfunction that is often wrongly associated with age. True reasons for it are high blood pressure and hardened arteries.
Do act and check your blood pressure as nearly all the organs or physiological process depend on your blood flow. Even if you feel well, remember that there is a risk of undetected damage. Too much is at stake.
Lower blood pressure is a guarantee from all the problems mentioned above. According to doctors, only 5 per cent of hypertension cases persist after patients changed their lifestyle and followed other simple recommendations. In case natural measures fail to help, a number of powerful medications come as a last resort.
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