More than 40 percent of African Americans suffer from high blood pressure, according to a study just released by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Many theories exist about why black Americans experience higher levels of hypertension disease than other groups. One major study suggested a connection between high levels of uric acid and hypertension […]
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Urgent Hypertension
When a patient has a sustained diastolic blood pressure greater than 120 mm Hg but doesn’t develop complications, he has urgent hypertension. This condition can develop quickly over several days or take as long as several weeks. It can result from noncompliance with the prescribed antihypertensive regimen, stress, or drugs that stimulate the sympathetic […]