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Topic: High blood pressure can cause

Vital Stats

The Brain has inferred the following facts from reading text collected on the topic:

Favorite activity(s):

Taking drugs, Sleeping

Favorite body part(s):

Heart, Lungs

Favorite food(s):

Vegetarian

Personality:

Nervous, Easily addicted, Depressive

Currently has on their coffee table:

Men's Health magazine

Favorite drink(s):

Milk

Ultimate fantasy(s):

Having severe anorexia

Medical note(s):

Heart attack imminent, Taking Viagra, Taking weight loss pills

Worst habit(s):

Smoking, Taking Ecstasy, Drinking

Favorite quote(s):

"Fill what's empty , empty what's full, and scratch where it itches." - the Duchess of Windsor, when asked what is the secret of a long and happy life
"God gave men both a penis and a brain, but unfortunately not enough blood supply to run both at the same time." - Robin Williams, commenting on the Clinton/Lewinsky affair
"How can men use sex to get what they want? Sex IS what they want." (Frasier Crane on FRASIER)

Expert Talk

The Brain has selected interesting relevant sentences from the web. It automatically assigned them to some of our fictitious experts based on their personalities.

Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor

High blood pressure is the leading cause of disease and death in industrialized societies.

Albert Graham,
Backyard Pool Drainer

High blood pressure causes blood to press too hard against the walls of your arteries, damaging the arteries and promoting the development of atherosclerosis of the coronary arteries.
High blood pressure, or hypertension, has long been a proven cause of coronary artery disease.
While high blood pressure is not curable, we are fortunate to have excellent medication that will treat hypertension and control it so it does not cause death from heart failure or stroke.

Miles Rhodes,
Wine Taster

Sometimes high blood pressure causes the layers of the artery wall to split apart, or dissect.

Adam Findley,
Professional Motivator

Curing high blood pressure consists eliminating all of the causes.
High Blood Pressure -- the extra burden on the heart causes the heart to enlarge and weaken.

User Talk

Comments from our users:

From:
pearla
2005-02-18 15:40:17

my sugar been running 436 to 233 i need know if thats high

From:
LaLa
2005-07-16 08:43:57

I am helping my 52 year old friend research diabetes (she was diagnosed 3 wks ago sugar was 700!) She is experincing badly blurred vision, had eye doc. appt. today and told her confidently that they could it was caused by high blood pressure. She has had her pressure taken alot lately, and has been in the normal range. Can you please she light on the relationship between sugar levels and blood pressure. thank you,

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