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People who suffer from hypertension typically feel fine and look healthy. The disease does not typically produce any symptoms, and it is usually discovered by the physician during a routine physical exam. However, high blood pressure increases the workload of your heart and arteries. The heart must pump harder because the arteries that carry blood to the organs are under great pressure. If hypertension is left uncontrolled, high blood pressure can lead to other problems such as a heart attack or a stroke, and the increased risk of developing heart failure or kidney disease. It can also damage the retina at the back of the eye because the retina is the fragile light-sensitive internal coating of the eyeball that is full of small blood vessels.
The only way to know if you have high blood pressure is to get your blood pressure measured by your physician.
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The clinical features of hypertension are non-specific, and the only obvious symptoms are dizziness and headache. This can be accompanied with a group of symptoms that are related to the types of disharmony patterns. For example, when it is a yang pattern, then individuals will have heat-manifested signs like high fever, aversion to heat, dark urine, or constipation. The clinical features are usually mild and not very obvious. As a result, most individuals would neglect it. Hypertension is most often diagnosed during a routine medical examination or a special screening program. When the TCM practitioner diagnoses the disharmony patterns associated with the disease, it usually means it has progressed to a stage where complications or organ damage has already occurred. Characteristics of the disease are accompanied by a variety of clinical features. Symptoms vary greatly in patterns and degrees among individuals, so the degree of severity may not coincide with the clinical stage. Hypertension can be classified into following disharmony patterns:
1. Hyperactivity of liver-yang
Symptoms include dizziness, ringing in the ears, pounding and throbbing pain in the head, irritability, insomnia and fitful sleep, and in some cases the individual's face may appear flushed. Additional symptoms may include a bitter taste in the mouth, constipation, dark-colored urine and blood-shot eyes. The tongue appears red and is coated with yellow-colored fur. The pulse sign is stringy and rapid. In severe cases, individuals will experience dizziness, nausea, severe headaches, slurred speech, and numb or tremorous limbs that result in instability while walking.
2. Deficiency of yin and Yang Hyperactivity
Symptoms include soreness of the lumbar (lower back) region, weakness in the knees, memory loss, and premature ejaculation. The tongue appears thin and tender, or tender and red, and is covered with little or no fur. The pulse sign is stringy and thready or rapid.
In more severe cases, individuals may have headaches, flushed cheeks, and dryness in the throat. They may also experience excessive weight loss, and a burning and hot sensation in the chest, palms and soles. The tongue is tender and red and coated with little fur or fur that appears scaled. The pulse sign is thready and rapid.
3. Liver-Wind and Turbid Phlegm
The symptoms include dizziness, severe weakness or a feeling of heaviness in the head. There is dullness in the chest, and the individual vomits, and suffers from ringing in the ears and blurred vision. In more severe cases, individuals may experience numbness in the limbs, sudden distortion of the face (facial paralysis), difficulty in speech, drooling and even hemiparalysis (paralysis of one side of body). The tongue coating is greasy with yellow or white color. The pulse sign is stringy and rolling.
4. Deficiency in Yin and Yang
Symptoms include dizziness, pounding and throbbing pain in the head, and irritability. Sometimes individuals appear flushed in the face, and experience fever and sweating. In other cases, the body's temperature is low, the limbs are cold, and there is an aversion to cold temperatures. When an individual reaches middle age (about 40-years-old), the female may have irregular menstruation, and the male experience impotence. In addition, they may occasionally have a flushed face and fever, and the lower limbs feel cold. The tongue is pink with a thin fur coating, and the pulse is soft and thready.
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