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Why does hypertension cause increased intracranial pressure?
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No it does not: Increase intracranial Pressure is the increase pressure inside the skull and thereby in the cerebrospinal fluid and brain itself. But it is not caused by Systemic Hypertension
Answered 1/3/2015
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