Diabetes, Hypertension and Metabolic Syndrome

Hypertension

Hypertension is a rise in blood pressure within the artery, vein or capillaries, resulting in shortness of breath, dizziness, fainting, swelling of legs and different symptoms. Hypertension is caused when blood vessels become narrowed, blocked or destroyed making it harder for the blood to flow through them. As the pressure builds, the heart's lower right chamber must work harder to pump blood through the lungs, eventually causing the cardiac muscles to weaken and eventually fail.  Hypertension worsens over time and is life-threatening because the pressure in a patient's pulmonary arteries rises to dangerously high levels, putting a strain on the heart. The various complications related to hypertension are Congestive Heart Failure, Blood Clotting, Liver Disease, Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Chronic Bronchitis, HIV Associated Pulmonary Hypertension, and Pulmonary Hypertension in Association with Sickle Cell Disease.