elevated blood pressure
Dangerously high readings
Elevated blood pressure is a blood pressure reading higher than normal but not yet high enough to be classified as hypertension.
It typically refers to systolic pressure between 120 and 129 with diastolic under 80.
The term signals increased cardiovascular risk and often prompts lifestyle changes: Her doctor noted elevated blood pressure and recommended cutting back on salt.
- hypertensionChronic elevated arterial pressure
- strokeSudden brain blood blockage
- heart attackBlocked blood to muscle
- heart diseaseMalfunction of blood-pumping organ
- heartCirculatory system's pump
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- body reactionssweating, blushing, shiver, goosebumps, twitch
- addiction signscravings, dependence, withdrawal, compulsion, relapse
- cardiac symptomschest pain, chest tightness, palpitations, heart palpitations, irregular heartbeat