High blood pressure
High blood pressure is also known as
hypertension
What is high blood pressure (hypertension) and why is it
dangerous?
We hear a lot of talk about
high blood pressure, or hypertension. But exactly what is
considered high and why is high blood pressure so
dangerous? High blood pressure, also called hypertension, is
dangerous mainly because it causes the heart to pump too hard.
When this happens for a long period of time, it can do severe
damage to the heart. It also leads to a condition called
atherosclerosis which is a hardening of the
arteries.
High blood
pressure is dangerous because it increases your risk of heart
attack or stroke. These are the first and third leading causes
of death for Americans. They are also high causes of death for
people in other countries as well. Generally high blood
pressure is a systolic reading of over 140 mmHg. There are
other factors that are taken into consideration such as your
past average blood pressure, age, medications and other medical
conditions, however.
In addition,
high blood pressure can lead to congestive heart failure,
kidney disease and even blindness in some
cases. Statistics show that around 2/3 of people over the
age of 65 have hypertension or high blood pressure, and
there is an increased risk for people over the age of 55 and
people who are overweight. There are other factors that may
increase your chances of getting high blood pressure. For
example, heredity can play a role in this as well as diet
and the amount of exercise you get.
Most people will have high
blood pressure at some point in their lives but the good news
is that there are things you can do to prevent hypertension and
if you already know you have high blood pressure, there are
steps you can take to lower it before it leads to other, more
serious conditions.
Click here to learn how to
reduce high blood
pressure
There are a number of high blood pressure medications available
to help reduce hypertension, and they're covered in additional
depth elsewhere on this website. Click on hypertension or high blood
pressure medications.
Click on the following
links to learn more information about the
symptoms of high blood pressure and what causes high blood
pressure.
Keyword terms related
to high blood pressure symptoms include hypertension,
pulmonary hypertension and primary pulmonary
hypertension. "Hypertension" is another name
for for high blood pressure. It should not be confused
with hypotension
or low blood pressure.
There are ways to
lower your blood
pressure and they're covered elsewhere on this
website.
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