Associated symptoms
In principle, an increase in blood pressure is accompanied by only minor symptoms. Rarely, in addition to dizziness, dizziness can be a problem. In the long term, damage to the heart can occur in the form of heart failure with an enlargement of the heart.
Life-threatening tears or sacculation of the blood vessel walls can occur at the blood vessels. However, damage to the blood vessels, brain tissue and retina can occur, particularly in the brain and eyes, which can lead to strokes, impaired vision and dementia. In the long term, high blood pressure can cause damage to all organs and vessels of the body, so that numerous other accompanying symptoms can result from the disease.
- Headache,
- Ringing in the ears,
- Tinnitus,
- Nosebleed,
- Heart palpitations and sleep disorders are coming.
Nausea is an unspecific symptom, which is by no means a mere indication of an upset stomach, but rather a neurological disease pattern. Dizziness, nausea, vomiting and drowsiness are typical symptoms of a diffuse disturbance of brain function, which can have numerous causes. High blood pressure can trigger these symptoms in the same way as low blood pressure.
Even in severe so-called “hypertensive crises” with systolic blood pressure values above 200mmHg, symptoms such as nausea, dizziness, nosebleeds, headaches and fatigue can occur together. This indicates an acute and threatening clinical picture in which high blood pressure can lead to congestion and bleeding in the brain. Fatigue is rather rare with slightly elevated blood pressure.
The opposite is often the case with high blood pressure. Those affected are often lively, agile and are more likely to suffer from sleep disorders than tiredness. However, fatigue can indicate an acute derailment of blood pressure with already beginning brain damage.
The extremely high blood pressure can cause acute damage to the blood vessels, water retention in the brain and bleeding. In addition to headaches, dizziness and nausea, fatigue, unconsciousness and consequently a coma can occur. Headaches are a typical symptom of high blood pressure.If high blood pressure is not symptom-free, the primary symptoms are dizziness and headaches.
This is caused by the increased pressure in the arterial cerebral vessels, which leads to slight fluid retention in the brain and irritation of the meninges. As a rule, this is also a harmless symptom that does not require any further therapy apart from lowering blood pressure. Acute severe pain, on the other hand, may again indicate an acute emergency and an increase in blood pressure above 200mmHg.
Numerous other symptoms follow this highly acute clinical picture in the course of the disease. Vision problems are an advanced symptom of long-term damage caused by elevated blood pressure or an acute consequence of a blood pressure derailment. In both cases, it is an urgent warning symptom of partially severe brain damage.
High blood pressure can cause chronic damage to the fragile blood vessels of the retina, as well as acute fluid retention and a so-called “congestion papilla“. The disease progresses in different stages and in the worst case can end in blindness. At first, the blind spot that every person has in their field of vision increases in size. This can extend to larger visual field restrictions up to the complete visual impairment of one eye, and in the further course of both eyes.