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Atrial fibrillation (the feeling when your heart skips) can be caused by high blood pressure.
Other causes for atrial fibrillation are:
- Heart attacks
- Abnormal heart valves
- Heart defects you're born with (congenital)
- An overactive thyroid gland or other metabolic imbalance
- Exposure to stimulants, such as medications, caffeine or tobacco, or to alcohol
- Sick sinus syndrome - functioning of the heart's natural pacemaker
- Emphysema or other lung diseases
- Previous heart surgery
- Viral infections
- Stress due to pneumonia, surgery or other illnesses
- Sleep apnea
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Does high blood pressure cause heart attacks?
High blood pressure can cause heart attacks in males and females of all ages. There is well documented cases of children who have been in need of transplants having died of high blood pressure in many medical journals. There are a high amount of people in every country who have heart attacks due to high blood pressure.
How serious in high blood pressure?
High blood pressure is the main cause of heart attacks - so very serious, but it can be controlled.
Why is high blood pressure damaging to the heart?
Yes.But they have different causes.For example,high blood pressure can lead to damaging the vital organs or damaging blood vessels.And heart disease can leading to damaging the arteries.Go to uihealthcare.org to find more information.
Why is high blood pressure the leading cause to LVH?
Because the leading cause to lvh is pathological hypertrophy and theleading cause to that is high blood pressure. when you have high blood pressure your heart beats harder to counteract the pressure, and seeing how many Americans today are either obese or overwieght high blood pressure is in no way rare.
Can Heart diseases cause high blood pressure?
High blood pressure makes the heart work harder and weakens it over time. It increases the risk of heart attack, stroke , kidney failure, and congestive heart failure.
What causes more heart diseases heart rate or high blood pressure?
High blood pressure
What health problems does salt cause?
Excess salt consumption is associated with high blood pressure, which in turn can cause other forms of cardiovascular disease such as heart attacks.
Can mold cause high blood pressure?
mold can cause high blood pressure
Can high blood pressure cause visual hallucinations?
can high blood pressure cause visual hallucinations
Can constipation cause high blood pressure?
It doesn't cause high blood pressure. However, it can increase your blood pressure.
Can your spleen cause high blood pressure?
Indirectly perhaps, but it is the heart and the system of veins and arteries which are the problem in high blood pressure; the heart is pumping extra hard and/or the arteries/veins are restricted by blockage.
How do clogged blood vessels affect the heart and hence the body?
They slow down the heart rate &cause high blood pressure in the body
