Health effects of high blood pressure
Learn how high blood pressure can affect your health.
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Physical effects of high blood pressure can include:
- faster hardening of the arteries
- an enlarged heart and heart failure
- damage to the walls of your arteries, possibly causing tears or bulges in the arteries of the:
- legs
- eyes
- brain
- heart
- kidneys
- abdomen
Increased risk effects of high blood pressure can include:
- stroke
- dementia
- kidney failure
- loss of eyesight
- less blood flowing to the brain
- heart disease and heart attack
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