Patient's question:
Doctor, I am a male, 38 years old. Yesterday, when I went to the hospital for a thorough physical examination, I was diagnosed with hypertensive encephalopathy. However, I have never heard of this disease before, so I would like to ask you a few questions: What is hypertensive encephalopathy?Doctor's answer:
Simply put, hypertensive encephalopathy is a series of brain symptoms that suddenly occur in patients with hypertension, followed by a drop in blood pressure, and it can even lead to loss of consciousness. This is because it has triggered intracranial small artery spasm, or even loss of control over cerebral blood vessel regulation, making it easy to develop cerebral edema. It can even lead to widespread microvascular occlusion, resulting in acute impairment of brain blood supply.