What Is White Coat Syndrome?
7. Stroke
High blood pressure can also weaken the blood vessels in the brain. If they become weak enough, and they are unable to withstand the pressure any more, they can rupture. When this happens, the blood will leak out into the brain in what is known as a hemorrhagic stroke.
This, in turn, causes two main problems. One is that the blood will stop flowing to certain parts of the brain. The other problem is that blood leaking out into the brain will cause the pressure in the brain to increase. Damage to the blood vessels by a high blood pressure can also result in an ischemic stroke, which means the flow of blood to the brain has been interrupted.
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