, preeclampsia (which is a significant increase in blood pressure during the last 3 months of pregnancy), or use of illegal drugs such as cocaine and amphetamines.
             If someone has high blood pressure, he or she needs to control it. Over time excessive force on artery walls can seriously damage many of the body's vital organs. The higher someone's blood pressure is or the longer it goes uncontrolled, the greater the damage. By the time symptoms appear, the person may already have an injury. This consequently would be too late.
             Many studies demonstrate a direct relationship between uncontrolled high blood pressure and increased risk of stroke, heart attack, heart failure, kidney failure and eye problems. More specifically, high blood pressure can lead to the following problems: damage to your arteries, thickening of the heart's main pumping chamber, a blocked or ruptured blood vessel in your brain, weakened and narrowed blood vessels in your kidneys, or thickened, narrowed or torn blood vessels in your eyes.
             Damaging your arteries can result in arteriosclerosis (which is hardening and thickening of the arteries), atherosclerosis (this is deposits of fat in the artery linings) and an aneurysm (which is a
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