|
- Red wine and resveratrol: Good for your heart? - Mayo Clinic
Find out why red wine is thought to be good for the heart and how to enjoy red wine in a healthy way
- Enlarged spleen (splenomegaly) - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
An enlarged spleen usually doesn't cause symptoms It's often discovered during a routine physical exam A doctor usually can't feel the spleen in an adult unless it's enlarged Imaging and blood tests can help identify the cause of an enlarged spleen
- High blood pressure (hypertension) - Mayo Clinic
The second, or lower, number measures the pressure in the arteries between heartbeats High blood pressure (hypertension) is diagnosed if the blood pressure reading is equal to or greater than 130 80 mm-Hg A diagnosis of high blood pressure is usually based on the average of two or more readings taken on separate occasions
- High blood pressure (hypertension) - Symptoms causes - Mayo Clinic
High blood pressure is a common condition that affects the body's arteries It's also called hypertension If you have high blood pressure, the force of the blood pushing against the artery walls is consistently too high The heart has to work harder to pump blood Blood pressure is measured in millimeters of mercury (mm Hg)
- Blood pressure chart: What your reading means - Mayo Clinic
Checking your blood pressure helps you avoid health problems Learn more about what your numbers mean
- Prednisone and other corticosteroids - Mayo Clinic
Are you using a corticosteroid? Prednisone and other corticosteroid pills, creams and injections can cause side effects Find out what to expect
- Enlarged heart - Symptoms causes - Mayo Clinic
High blood pressure This means having a blood pressure measurement higher than 140 90 millimeters of mercury Heart diseases Any problem affecting the heart, including congenital heart defects or heart valve disease, may lead to heart enlargement It's important to follow a healthy lifestyle and have regular health checkups to manage heart
- Pulmonary hypertension - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Pulmonary hypertension is a type of high blood pressure that affects the arteries in the lungs and the right side of the heart In one form of pulmonary hypertension, called pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), blood vessels in the lungs are narrowed, blocked or destroyed The damage makes it hard for blood to move through the lungs Blood pressure in the lung arteries goes up The heart
|
|
|