Symptom 12. High Blood Pressure: A Silent Threat
High blood pressure, medically known as hypertension, can often serve as a silent threat, indicating underlying heart failure. When your heart is healthy, it efficiently pumps blood, ensuring it flows easily through your blood vessels. But when heart failure sets in, your heart has to work harder, causing the pressure in your arteries to increase.
Although high blood pressure typically doesn’t present with noticeable symptoms, it’s one of the most significant risk factors for heart failure. High blood pressure places additional strain on the heart, causing the heart muscle to weaken or stiffen over time, which can eventually lead to heart failure.
However, high blood pressure can be easily detected through routine check-ups. Therefore, regular blood pressure monitoring is critical for early detection and management of heart failure. (12)
