Hypertension affects approximately 1 in 3 adult men globally — and nearly half of them are undiagnosed. Blood pressure can remain dangerously elevated for years without producing the dramatic symptoms most people associate with serious medical conditions.
Sign #1: Morning headaches, particularly at the back of the head.
Elevated blood pressure during sleep — which is common because the normal nighttime blood pressure dip (called nocturnal dipping) is absent in many hypertensive men — produces a distinctive headache upon waking, located at the base of the skull.
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