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A 31-year-old female asked:
How long does it take high blood pressure to cause a stroke? years? decades?
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Dr. Vahe Yetimyananswered
General Practice 53 years experience
It depends: It depends your age and your medical history and how high is your blood pressure. If you have high blood pressure on the top of arteriosclerosis that is hardening of the arteries you are more prone to a stroke.
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A 46-year-old member asked:
Extremely high blood pressure for years. What complications can this cause?
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Dr. Diana Metzgeranswered
32 years experience
Many: High blood pressure is most commonly associated with higher likelihood of heart attack, stroke, kidney failure and other vascular disease.
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A 38-year-old member asked:
I'm not sure but is high blood pressure going to cause a stroke?
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Dr. Calvin Weisbergeranswered
53 years experience
CVA: Stroke is a complication of hypertension. The risk is lowered by controlling the blood pressure to normal. Uncontrolled hypertension carries a significantly increased risk for stroke.
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A 49-year-old member asked:
What to do if I have high blood pressure suddenly gone after years?
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Dr. Glenn Messinaanswered
Aesthetic Medicine 37 years experience
Be thankful: Just as you develop high BP you can resolve high BP. Its importan to make sure that the normal BP isn't due to your medications working well. Otherwise
Something changed possible water retention, better physical fitness or more likely a change in your vascular tone thus reducing the blood pressure. Its a good change not a bad.
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