Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)
- Description: Persistently elevated blood pressure, which can lead to heart disease, stroke, and kidney problems.
- Symptoms: Often asymptomatic, but severe cases can cause headaches, dizziness, and vision problems.
- Treatment: Lifestyle changes (diet, exercise, weight loss), antihypertensive medications (ACE inhibitors, beta-blockers, diuretics).
Heart Failure
- Description: The heart's inability to pump blood effectively, leading to fluid buildup in the lungs and other tissues.
- Symptoms: Shortness of breath, fatigue, swollen legs, rapid heartbeat.
- Treatment: Medications (ACE inhibitors, beta-blockers, diuretics), lifestyle changes, and in severe cases, devices (pacemakers, defibrillators) or heart transplant.