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High blood pressure

High blood pressure --> hypertension

(Science: cardiology) Persistently high arterial blood pressure. Hypertension may have no known cause (essential or idiopathic hypertension) or be associated with other primary diseases (secondary hypertension).

this condition is considered a risk factor for the development of heart disease, peripheral vascular disease, stroke and kidney Disease.


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Dilation or Constriction

... But the work of kidney is not only filtering blood. It's other function is to regulate blood pressure. So I think it would dilate because of high blood pressure

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by behzad
Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:29 am
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Dilation or Constriction
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Views: 730

Arent I too young to have high blood pressure?!

... now, at 4 mos. under 18 Im getting stuck on a high blood pressure medicine! I just looked at the doc like... what.the.(Im ...

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by Twila
Thu Apr 30, 2009 1:21 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Arent I too young to have high blood pressure?!
Replies: 2
Views: 256

Re: A Calculus-Based Viewpoint for Negative Feedback

... body to increase water levels and, with it, blood pressure. So you see, past self, it isn't the rate of ADH ... nuclei to release more AVP. So with low BP you get high [ADH]

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by majik1213
Sun Apr 12, 2009 3:39 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: A Calculus-Based Viewpoint for Negative Feedback
Replies: 3
Views: 2276

Re: blood pressure

... we are trying to make you use your logic. Blood pressure is not different from any other type of pressure, ... Now what happens when a pipe full of water at high pressure bursts? the same thing happens to a large ...

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by BioCore
Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:37 pm
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: blood pressure
Replies: 13
Views: 1376

Blood Pressure in Males and Females

The blood pressure is typically measured at systole and diastole, so in that ... I have understood it so that men have an elevated risk of high blood pressure when compared to women, and that is often due ...

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by biohazard
Wed Mar 04, 2009 6:57 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Blood Pressure in Males and Females
Replies: 1
Views: 831
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