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What can high blood pressure do if left untreated?
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A lot : Untreated hypertension can cause atherosclerosis, myocardial infarct, stroke, blindness, kidney damage, heart failure, the list goes on and on. If you have high blood pressure see your doctor and get treatment.
Answered 4/5/2013
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Possible stroke: High blood pressure is associated with rupture of a blood vessel in the brain causing bleeding in he brain and a stroke. Reducing blood pressure to normal range is the best way to prevent this.
Answered 4/6/2013
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