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List of symptoms of Hypertension:
The list of signs and symptoms mentioned in various sources for Hypertension includes the 12 symptoms listed below:
- No symptoms - many people are unaware they have hypertension until it is accidentally found at a doctor visit or they develop complications of hypertension
- Non-specific symptoms - symptoms of hypertension may be mild and vague
- Headache
- Morning headache
- Tinnitus
- Dizziness
- Confusion
- Papilloedema
- Many symptoms occur from complications of hypertension
- High blood pressure
Note that Hypertension symptoms usually refers to various symptoms known to a patient, but the phrase Hypertension signs may refer to those signs only noticable by a doctor.
More ways to research these symptoms: To research other symptoms use the symptom center, or to research causes of more than one symptom in combination, try our multi-symptom search.
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Do I have Hypertension?
- Hypertension: Introduction
- Hypertension: Diagnostic Testing to confirm diagnosis
- Home Diagnostic Testing
- Alternative diagnoses and misdiagnosis for Hypertension
- Failure to Diagnose Hypertension
- Hidden Causes of Hypertension
- How serious is it?
- Treatments for Hypertension
- More about Hypertension
Home Diagnostic Testing
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Hypertension?
The list of other diseases or medical conditions that may be on the differential diagnosis list of alternative diagnoses for Hypertension includes:
- Essential hypertension
- Primary hyperaldosteronism
- Cushing's syndrome
- Phaeochromocytoma
- Chronic renal disease
See the full list of 22 alternative diagnoses for Hypertension
More about symptoms of Hypertension:
More information about symptoms of Hypertension and related conditions:
- Other diseases with similar symptoms and common misdiagnoses
- Tests to determine if these are the symptoms of Hypertension
- Symptoms that may be caused by complications of Hypertension
- Underlying causes of Hypertension
- Associated conditions for Hypertension
- Risk factors for Hypertension
Other Possible Causes of these Symptoms
Click on any of the symptoms below to see a full list of other causes including diseases, medical conditions, toxins, drug interactions, or drug side effect causes of that symptom.
- Confusion - see all causes of Confusion
- Dizziness - see all causes of Dizziness
- Headache - see all causes of Headache
- High blood pressure - see all causes of High blood pressure
- Morning headache - see all causes of Headache
- No symptoms - see all causes of No symptoms
- Non-specific symptoms - see all causes of Vague symptoms
- Papilloedema - see all causes of Papilloedema
- Tinnitus - see all causes of Tinnitus
Medical Books Online about Hypertension
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Symptoms of Hypertension: Online Medical Books
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Hypertension:
Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Hypertension usually doesn’t produce clinical effects until vascular changes in the heart, brain, or kidneys occur. Severely elevated blood pressure damages the intima of small vessels, resulting in fibrin accumulation in the vessels, development of local edema and, possibly, intravascular clotting. Symptoms produced by this process depend on the location of the damaged vessels:
❑ brain — stroke
❑ retina — blindness
❑ heart — myocardial infarction
❑ kidneys — proteinuria, edema and, eventually, renal failure.
Hypertension increases the heart’s workload, causing left ventricular hypertrophy and, later, left- and right-sided heart failure and pulmonary edema.
Hypertensive crisis:
Signs and Symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Hypertension, papilledema, retinal hemorrhages and exudate, severe headache, vomiting, vision disturbances, transient paralysis, seizures, stupor, coma
Renovascular hypertension:
Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
In addition to elevated systemic blood pressure, renovascular hypertension usually produces symptoms common to hypertensive states, such as headache, palpitations, tachycardia, anxiety, light-headedness, decreased tolerance of temperature extremes, retinopathy, and mental sluggishness. Significant complications include heart failure, myocardial infarction, stroke and, occasionally, renal failure.
Pregnancy-induced hypertension:
Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Mild preeclampsia generally produces the following clinical effects: hypertension, proteinuria (less than 5 g/24 hours), generalized edema, and sudden weight gain of more than 3 lb (1.4 kg) per week during the second trimester or more than 1 lb (0.5 kg) a week during the third trimester.
Severe preeclampsia is marked by increased hypertension and proteinuria, eventually leading to the development of oliguria. Hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets (the HELLP syndrome) is a severe variant. Other symptoms that may indicate worsening preeclampsia include blurred vision due to retinal arteriolar spasms, epigastric pain or heartburn, and severe frontal headache.
In eclampsia, all the clinical manifestations of preeclampsia are magnified and are associated with seizures and, possibly, coma, premature labor, stillbirth, renal failure, and hepatic damage.
Pulmonary hypertension:
Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Most patients complain of increasing dyspnea on exertion, weakness, syncope, and fatigability. Many also show signs of right-sided heart failure, including peripheral edema, ascites, jugular vein distention, and hepatomegaly. Other clinical effects vary with the underlying disorder.
Hypertension:
Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)
Hypertension usually doesn’t produce clinical effects until vascular changes in the heart, brain, or kidneys occur. Highly elevated blood pressure damages the intima of small vessels, resulting in fibrin accumulation in the vessels, development of local edema and, possibly, intravascular clotting.
Symptoms produced by this process depend on the location of the damaged vessels:
❑ brain: stroke
❑ retina: blindness
❑ heart: MI
❑ kidneys: proteinuria, edema and, eventually, renal failure.
Hypertension increases the heart’s workload, causing left ventricular hypertrophy and, later, left- and right-sided heart failure, and pulmonary edema.
Hypertension, pregnancy-induced:
Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)
❑ Mild preeclampsia generally produces the following signs: hypertension, proteinuria, generalized edema, and a sudden weight gain of more than 3 lb (1.4 kg) a week during the second trimester or more than 1 lb (0.5 kg) a week during the third trimester.
❑ Severe preeclampsia is marked by increased hypertension and proteinuria, which eventually lead to the development of oliguria. Hemolysis, elevated liver enzyme levels, and a low platelet count (the HELLP syndrome) is commonly severe.
Clinical tip A daughter whose mother had toxemia is at high risk for developing HELLP syndrome with a new pregnancy.
Other symptoms that indicate worsening preeclampsia include blurred vision due to retinal arteriolar spasms, epigastric pain or heartburn, irritability, emotional tension, and severe frontal headache.
❑ In eclampsia, all the clinical manifestations of preeclampsia are magnified and associated with seizures and possibly coma, premature labor, stillbirth, renal failure, and liver damage.
Pulmonary hypertension:
Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)
Most patients complain of increasing dyspnea on exertion, weakness, syncope, and fatigability. Many also show signs of right-sided heart failure, including peripheral edema, ascites, jugular vein distention, and hepato-megaly. Other clinical features vary according to the underlying disorder.
Article Excerpts About Symptoms of Hypertension:
High Blood Pressure and Kidney Disease: NIDDK (Excerpt)
Most people with high blood pressure have no symptoms. The only way to know whether your blood pressure is high is to have a health professional measure it. (Source: excerpt from High Blood Pressure and Kidney Disease: NIDDK)
Heart Disease & Women Controlling High Blood Pressure A Woman's Guide: NHLBI (Excerpt)
If you do not know your blood pressure, you should have it taken. Those with high blood pressure often do not feel sick. In fact, high blood pressure is often called "the silent killer," because it may cause no symptoms for a long time. (Source: excerpt from Heart Disease & Women Controlling High Blood Pressure A Woman's Guide: NHLBI)
Hypertension as a Cause of Symptoms or Medical Conditions
When considering symptoms of Hypertension, it is also important to consider Hypertension as a possible cause of other medical conditions. The Disease Database lists the following medical conditions that Hypertension may cause:
- Atrial fibrillation
- Cardiac failure, left sided
- Cerebrovascular accident
- Epistaxis
- Fourth heart sound
- Hyperkalaemic distal renal tubular acidosis
- Hypertension, systemic
- Left bundle branch block
- Left ventricular hypertrophy
- Renal failure
- Renal failure, chronic
- Retinal microaneurysms
- Retinal pathology
- Right bundle branch block
Medical articles and books on symptoms:
These general reference articles may be of interest in relation to medical signs and symptoms of disease in general:
- Diagnostic Testing for a Diagnosis of Hypertension
- Research Alternative Diagnoses for Hypertension
- How serious is Hypertension?
- More about Hypertension
- Online Diagnosis
- Self Diagnosis Pitfalls
- Pitfalls of Online Diagnosis
- Symptoms of the Silent Killer Diseases
- Lesser known silent killer diseases
- Books on signs and symptoms
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About signs and symptoms of Hypertension:
The symptom information on this page attempts to provide a list of some possible signs and symptoms of Hypertension. This signs and symptoms information for Hypertension has been gathered from various sources, may not be fully accurate, and may not be the full list of Hypertension signs or Hypertension symptoms. Furthermore, signs and symptoms of Hypertension may vary on an individual basis for each patient. Only your doctor can provide adequate diagnosis of any signs or symptoms and whether they are indeed Hypertension symptoms.
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