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2 per 100,000 per year [ 4] Idiopathic intracranial hypertension ( IIH ), previously known as pseudotumor cerebri and benign intracranial hypertension, is a condition characterized by increased intracranial pressure (pressure around the brain) without a detectable cause. [ 2] The main symptoms are headache, vision problems, ringing in the ears ...
Cardiology. Hypertensive heart disease includes a number of complications of high blood pressure that affect the heart. While there are several definitions of hypertensive heart disease in the medical literature, [ 1][ 2][ 3] the term is most widely used in the context of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) coding categories.
Hypertension is slightly more frequent in men. [10] In people aged under 50 years, more men than women have hypertension, [10] and in ages above 50 years the prevalence of hypertension is the same in men and women. [10] In ages above 65 years, more women than men have hypertension. [7] Hypertension becomes more common with age. [5]
Essential hypertension (also called primary hypertension, or idiopathic hypertension) is a form of hypertension without an identifiable physiologic cause. [ 1][ 2] It is the most common type affecting 85% of those with high blood pressure. [ 3][ 4] The remaining 15% is accounted for by various causes of secondary hypertension. [ 3]
Diagnosis. The term hypertensive emergency is primarily used as a specific term for a hypertensive crisis with a diastolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 120 mmHg or systolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 180 mmHg. [9] Hypertensive emergency differs from hypertensive urgency in that, in the former, there is evidence of acute ...
Labile hypertension occurs when there are unexpected changes in blood pressure. The term can be used to describe when people have blood pressure measurements that abruptly fluctuate from being abnormally high, approximately 140/90 mm Hg or over and returns to its normal range. [ 1]
White coat syndrome. A white coat and scrubs. White coat hypertension ( WHT ), also known as white coat syndrome, is a form of labile hypertension [ 1] in which people exhibit a blood pressure level above the normal range in a clinical setting, although they do not exhibit it in other settings. [ 2] It is believed that the phenomenon is due to ...
Intraparenchymal hemorrhage ( IPH) is one form of intracerebral bleeding in which there is bleeding within brain parenchyma. The other form is intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH). [1] Intraparenchymal hemorrhage accounts for approximately 8-13% of all strokes and results from a wide spectrum of disorders.