High Blood Pressure in Dogs-2021
High blood pressure in dogs is a rare pathology and manifests itself in two ways: primary hypertension or secondary hypertension. If your dog is diagnosed with this health problem, it will be necessary to discover what are the risk factors that cause it, what are the symptoms, or what treatment should be given.
What exactly is high blood pressure in dogs?
Hypertension is a sustained elevation of systolic or diastolic blood pressure or in other words, sustained high blood pressure.
High blood pressure is called primary, spontaneous, or idiopathic when it is not caused by another disease. Hypertension is quite common among humans; however, it is uncommon in dogs.
On the contrary, when the increase in blood pressure is caused by another disease, it is called secondary hypertension. In dogs, this is the most prevalent type.
Although this disease is not routinely diagnosed in veterinary consultations, its potential effects are very dangerous because:
It affects various organs and can even cause death.
(1) The damage that high blood pressure in dogs can cause are:
- Neurological damage: Cerebrovascular hemorrhage, seizures, dementia, or neurological deficit.
- Renal damage: Glomerular sclerosis, glomerular atrophy, tubular degeneration, or interstitial fibrosis.
- Cardiovascular damage: Left ventricular hypertrophy, arterial and arteriolar lesions.
- Blindness, glaucoma, hemorrhages, or retinal detachment are all examples of eye damage.
