High Blood Pressure - Signs, Symptoms, and Complications - Signs, Symptoms, and Complications

It is important to have regular blood pressure readings taken and to know your numbers, because high blood pressure usually does not cause symptoms until it has caused serious problems.

Undiagnosed or uncontrolled high blood pressure can lead to serious health problems:

• Aneurysm
• Stroke
• Chronic kidney disease
• Eye damage
• Heart attack
• Heart failure
• Peripheral artery disease or carotid artery disease
• Vascular dementia

Watch this video to learn more about why high blood pressure is such a problem.

High blood pressure in pregnancy can raise the risk of later heart and blood vessel problems for both the mother and her child.