Many people with hypertension show no symptoms and hypertension is thus a discovery during a routin exam or consultation motivated by something else. In some cases, symptoms may reflect the impact of elevated blood pressure on the body. Although not specific, the main symptoms that may arise during hypertension are:
- headaches: they are mainly a characteristic of serious hypertension. They are normally present in the morning, in the occipital region (neck and above)
- tinnitus (auditory whistles), phosphenes (perception of bright spots)
- dizziness
- palpitations (feeling of increased heart rate)
- asthenia (feeling tired)
- dyspnea (difficulty breathing)
- epistaxis (nosebleeds)
- hematuria (presence of blood in the urine)