The increased blood pressure of hypertension causes structural damage to delicate tissues throughout the body, particularly in the brain. Beyond the matter of an increased pace of rupture of capillaries, killing tiny volumes of brain tissue, the blood-brain barrier is disrupted by pressure damage, allowing unwanted molecules and cells into the brain to provoke chronic inflammation and disruption of function. Blood pressure is so influential on health that lowering blood pressure via antihypertensive medication,…
Earlier Hypertension Correlates with Smaller Later Brain Volume and Raised Risk of Dementia
The increased blood pressure of hypertension causes structural damage to delicate tissues throughout the body, particularly in the brain. Beyond the matter of an increased pace of rupture of capillaries, killing tiny volumes of brain tissue, the blood-brain barrier is disrupted by pressure damage, allowing unwanted molecules and cells into the brain to provoke chronic inflammation and disruption of function. Blood pressure is so influential on health that lowering blood pressure via antihypertensive medication,…