Comorbidity of Hypertension and Chronic Pain Syndrome
The paper discusses the reasons of frequent comorbidity of hypertension and chronic pain syndrome. The pathogenesis of both conditions includes dysfunction of same anatomical structures of the central nervous system. According some observation, chronic pain syndrome significantly increases the risk of hypertension. The conditions share common risk factors like old age, decrease of physical activity, obesity, etc. Both conditions are accompanied by the increase in concentration of the factors of systemic inflammation of blood, cognitive impairment and depression. The paper presents case report of the patient with the association of hypertension and chronic pain syndrome.