Indications of Hypertension

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High blood pressure, clinically termed hypertension, can be easily diagnosed simply with repeated blood pressure monitoring. With more than 50 million Americans effected by the disease, it’s not uncommon, however it’s not termed the ’silent killer’ without cause. Without treatment, high blood pressure may affect various body organs and can even lead to death. Therefore, the sooner it is discovered, the greater the chance to lessen adverse effects.

Unfortunately hypertension does not reveal itself with any specific symptoms like most health conditions do. There are however, a few signs to watch for that may give a heads-up for early detection.

Blurred Vision

A common sign of hypertension is that vision can become blurred. Lack of sharpness causes an individual to see objects without any fine details. The impairment of vision in this case is caused by the hypertension and not some eye condition itself.

Dizziness

Blurred vision can also play a part in another common hypertension experience, which is dizziness. When vision is blurred, the brain is challenged to distinguish fine details of external stimuli, which subsequently adversely affects the manner in which information is processed, which results in dizziness. This may be considered as one of the most important warning signs of hypertension.

Nausea and Vomiting Without Apparent Cause

Another indication of hypertension or pre hypertension is continual nausea and vomiting, which seems to be without cause.

Nose Bleeds

Hypertension can be the cause of nose bleeds, though this is very rare in the early stages. The can happen either periodically or regularly.

Other Possible Indications

Apart from the conditions identified above symptoms such as persistent headaches, sleep disturbances and fatigue, heart issues such as a racing heart or heart palpitations and even chest pain could all be indicative of hypertension.

Systolic and Diastolic Pressures

The only true way to diagnose high blood pressure is to have your blood pressure monitored to get the reading of both the systolic and diastolic pressures. One high measurement does not mean that you have high blood pressure, as in the case of white coat hypertension, but may alert the doctor to the possibility of the condition and therefore signal the need for additional monitoring. Indication of any of the other warning signs in combination with an actual elevated reading should be well noted to ensure that adequate attention is given to the possibility of the disease.

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