The Link Between High Blood Pressure And Dementia
We are all familiar with dementia which is a disease of the brain which can lead to memory and reasoning problems, difficulties with speech, impaired vision and restricted movement. What you may not be so familiar with though is the fact that dementia can be caused by high blood pressure. Indeed, high blood pressure which occurs even at a relatively early age can increase your risk of suffering from dementia in later life. One of the causes of dementia is impaired blood flow within the brain which can result from narrowing or blockage of the arteries caused by high blood pressure. Another common cause of dementia is a series of mild strokes which are again often the result of an interruption to the brain’s blood supply as a direct result of high blood pressure.