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A sharp increase in blood pressure can cause irreversible changes in the body and life-threatening complications. Only timely treatment and adequate assistance can help the patient and avoid death. Hypertensive crisis, symptoms, treatment, causes, signs, first aid, what is it? What is a hypertensive crisis? A hypertensive crisis is a severe manifestation of hypertension that develops as a result of a violation of the mechanisms of regulation of blood pressure.
The main manifestation of a hypertensive crisis is a sudden sharp increase in blood pressure, which is accompanied by a significant deterioration in cerebral, renal circulation, resulting in a significant increase in the risk of severe cardiovascular complications (stroke, myocardial infarction, subarachnoid hemorrhage, dissecting aortic aneurysm, pulmonary edema, acute renal failure, acute left ventricular failure with pulmonary edema, acute coronary insufficiency, etc.).
Symptoms of hypertensive crises are quite diverse, but the most common symptom observed in the early stages of the development of crises is headache, which may be accompanied by nausea, vomiting, tinnitus, dizziness. Usually the headache is aggravated by movement of the head, sneezing, defecation. In addition, it may be accompanied by photophobia and pain in the eyes when they move.
Due to impaired cerebral blood flow, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, and vision problems occur. Lang singled out the following types of headache in hypertension and hypertensive crises. A typical hypertension headache usually occurs at night or in the morning and is located mainly in the frontal, temporal, or occipital regions.
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