It is generally accepted that high blood pressure is dangerous to health.. But hypertension can have an unexpected plus - a decrease in the risk of dementia. The higher the pressure, the lower the risk.

If a person has high blood pressure in middle age, it increases the risk of Alzheimer's and other types of dementia.. But in old age, the effect disappears, reports Rosbalt with reference to The Daily Mail.

The discovery was made by scientists at the University of California. In total, 625 retirees over 90 years old were analyzed..

They were examined every six months for 10 years.. If a volunteer developed hypertension at the age of 80-89, then the risk of dementia decreased compared to people who had normal blood pressure.. And if you attended hypertension after 90 years, the risk was even lower.. Moreover, the effect was not influenced by the intake of drugs against hypertension..

Despite the unambiguousness of the conclusions, scientists urge not to abandon the treatment of hypertension.

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