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Malignant Hypertension

Alternate Names : Malignant Hypertensive Arteriolar Nephrosclerosis

Malignant Hypertension | Symptoms & Signs | Diagnosis & Tests | Prevention & Expectations | Treatment & Monitoring

What can be done to prevent the disease?

Maintaining a healthy body weight, including physical activity in everyday life, and eating a diet designed to minimize heart disease can help avoid high blood pressure. However, even with these lifestyle guidelines, many cases of high blood pressure cannot be prevented. If there is a medical cause of high blood pressure, treatment of that condition can help prevent hypertension.

What are the long-term effects of the disease?

There are many serious long-term effects of malignant hypertension, including:

  • damage to the brain, kidneys, and heart
  • blood vessel damage to the eye, with loss of vision
  • atherosclerosis, or narrowing of the arteries
  • stroke
  • heart attack
  • chronic renal failure, a form of kidney failure that requires dialysis to filter body fluids
  • enlargement of the heart, which weakens the heart muscle and leads to congestive heart failure
  • irregular heartbeats, or arrhythmias
  • What are the risks to others?

    Malignant hypertension is not contagious and poses no risk to others.


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    Author: Eric Berlin, MD
    Reviewer: Eileen McLaughlin, RN, BSN
    Date Reviewed: 07/05/01



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