How much blood pressure is considered severe hypertension

Severe hypertension generally refers to severe hypertension. If blood pressure ≥180/110mmHg is measured 3 times in the same day, it can be regarded as severe hypertension.

Hypertension is usually caused by the pressure of flowing blood on the blood vessel wall continuously higher than normal value. According to the high and low blood pressure level, it can be divided into mild hypertension, moderate hypertension and severe hypertension. Among them, the blood pressure value of severe hypertension is usually ≥180/110mmHg, most patients may be accompanied by obvious headache, arrhythmia, palpitation, tinnitus and other symptoms, if not timely antihypertensive treatment, but also easy to cause hypertensive crisis, manifested as blurred vision, loss of consciousness, amnesia, renal function damage, etc.