What is hypertension?

Hypertension is the term used to describe high blood pressure and called as arterial hypertension as well, which is an inveterate medical circumstance in which the blood pressure in the arterial blood vessel is raised. Blood pressure is the effect of blood forcing against the walls of arteries as it flows through with them. Arteries are the blood vessels that contain oxygenated blood from the heart to the body's tissues. This requires the heart to act harder than natural to distribute blood in the blood vessels. The typical blood pressure range is of 120-139mmHg systolic and 80-89mmHg diastolic. High blood pressure is said to be present whenever they're at the level of or above 130/90 mmHg. Below table contains blood pressure reference level.

Hypertension is categorized as :

     Primary hypertension

More or less 90% of cases are classified as "primary hypertension" which means high blood pressure without any axiomatic fundamental medical cause.

Secondary hypertension.

The rest 10% of cases are classified as “secondary hypertension” which caused from different trains that affect the kidneys, arteries, heart or endocrine system.

Hypertension leads towards :

• ü  Stroke
• ü  Heart attacks
• ü  Coronary failure
• ü  aneurysms of the arteries
• ü  Peripheral arterial disease
• ü  Chronic kidney disease

Even the hope of life becomes shorter if elevation of blood pressure occurred regularly. Dietary and lifestyle modification can improve blood pressure ascendancy and decrease the risk of associated health complicatednesses, though medication is often needed in people for whom lifestyle changes testify ineffective or insufficient.

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