Hypertension: the Silent Killer Disease

Hypertension is also called "high blood pressure". Hypertension is a silent killer because it is deadly and has no early significant symptoms. The danger from hypertension is the extra load on the heart, leading to complications such as hypertensive heart disease. Hypertension can also seriously damage the kidneys. And it does all this silently, without any major symptoms, except when the high blood pressure gets extreme. Always get your blood pressure checked to rule out hypertension as part of regular medical checkups.

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Silent Killer Diseases: Article Contents:

• Hypertension: the silent killer - (see also hypertension or symptoms of hypertension)
• High cholesterol: the silent killer - (see also high cholesterol or symptoms of high cholesterol)
• Diabetes: the silent killer - (see also diabetes or symptoms of diabetes)
• Osteoporosis: the silent killer - (see also osteoporosis or symptoms of Osteoporosis)
• Obstructive sleep apnea: the silent killer - (see also Obstructive sleep apnea or symptoms of Obstructive sleep apnea
• Heart disease: the silent killer - (see also heart disease or symptoms of heart disease)
• Breast cancer: the silent killer - (see also breast cancer or symptoms of breast cancer)
• Lung cancer: the silent killer - (see also lung cancer or symptoms of lung cancer)
• Mesothelioma: the silent killer - (see also mesothelioma or symptoms of mesothelioma)
• Colon cancer: the silent killer - (see also colon cancer or symptoms of colon cancer)
• Rectal cancer: the silent killer - (see also rectal cancer or symptoms of rectal cancer)
• Lesser known silent killer diseases

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See also:

• Hypertension
• Diabetes
• High cholesterol
• Heart disease
• Osteoporosis
• Obstructive sleep apnea - or sleep apnea or insomnia
• Lung cancer
• Mesothelioma
• Rectal cancer
• Colon cancer
• Breast cancer
• Diseases with no symptoms or only vague symptoms

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