High blood pressure creates additional stress on the blood vessels, heart and other vital organs.
This information was reported by Arguments, URA-Inform reports.
Hypertension does not always manifest itself as obsessive symptoms. Some signs of a dangerous condition may not be noticed at all. According to experts, you can tell about high blood pressure by the condition of your legs. So, sometimes swollen ankles indicate a problem.
«If you have swollen ankles, this may indicate a risk of not only high blood pressure, but and heart failure», — experts say.
Doctors said that high blood pressure makes the heart work harder.
« ;Over time, this extra effort can cause the heart muscle to become thicker, affecting its efficiency at circulating blood. This will allow fluid to accumulate in your ankles and cause them to swell», — they explained.
Also, swollen ankles can be a side effect of some high blood pressure medications — for example, calcium channel blockers.
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