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High blood pressure is hypertension, and low blood pressure is hypotension.
In my hospital it's called postural hypotension.
No, that is incorrect. The term hypertension means high blood pressure. Hypotension means low blood pressure.
Hypertension can cause vomiting, diarrhea and fever.
Paul G. Weil has written: 'Hypotension, shock, and cardiocirculatory failure' -- subject(s): Hypotension, Shock
The opposite of Hypertension (high blood pressure) can be either normal blood pressure or Hypotension (low blood pressure).
Shock or low blood pressure
hypotension, tacycardia and low Bp
causes of hypotension are: getting up after a prolonged period of lying down, shock, pregnancy, emotion, pain ,hunger, ageing, drugs like anti depressants, over treatment of hypertension.
hypertension
Intercranial hypertension and hypotension can be deadly. The cerebrospinal fluid must be tonic.
Hypertension can damage your body in many ways and, left uncontrolled, you can most certainly have a fatal heart attack.