Symptoms and the discovery of high blood pressure

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Abstract

Most doctors now seem to regard moderate hypertension as symptomless, but in the literature many symptoms have been ascribed to hypertension. These include headache, dizziness, breathlessness, fatigue, palpitations, insomnia, anxiety and depression. It has already been suggested (Robinson and Wood [1]) that the occurence of these symptoms may be a better indication of the personality of the patients than of his physical condition and, whilst they are invaluable in bringing patients to the surgery for what is effectively a screening process, they may be of little use in diagnosis.

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From the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, Cardiff.

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