Symptoms

Hypertension is sometimes referred to as a "silent disease" because most people do not experience signs or symptoms even if their blood pressure readings reach dangerously high levels. Because hypertension does not show symptoms early on, it is important to have your blood pressure checked regularly. Making healthy lifestyle choices-healthy eating, regular exercise, stress control, and abstinence from overconsumption of alcohol and tobacco use- is also very important in maintaining healthy blood pressure levels.

The very few people that do have symptoms of hypertension experience them when their blood pressure has reached exceedingly high levels, known as hypertensive crisis. Symptoms of hypertensive crisis are listed below.