Hypertensive retinopathy is damage to the retina and retinal circulation due to high blood pressure (i.e.

Epidemiology Image Hypertensive heart disease world map DALY WHO2004.svg_thumb_225px_Disability adjusted life year for hypertensive heart disease per 100,000 inhabitants in 2004.

For example, the concept of pre hypertension could extend the use of anti hypertensive drugs dramatically, because everybody s blood pressure rises with age.

Other symptoms accompanying a hypertensive crisis may include visual deterioration or breathlessness due to heart failure or a general feeling of malaise due to kidney failure.

In contrast there is no evidence that blood pressure needs to be lowered rapidly in hypertensive urgencies where there is no evidence of target organ damage and over aggressive reduction of blood pressure is not without risks.

Conditions There exist several hypertensive states of pregnancy Gestational hypertension Gestational hypertension is usually defined as having a blood pressure higher than 140 90 measured on two separate occasions, more than 6 hours apart, without the presence of protein in the urine and diagnosed after 20 weeks of gestation.

To our great concern, Ghrer suffers from hypertensive vascular disease and mitral valve prolapse. We fear a deterioration in his health condition in Syrian detention cells, known for their poor environmental, psychological and physical conditions. The detention centers environment and their lack of the necessary medical equipment may pose a direct threat to his life.