Hypertension is often called high blood pressure. Blood pressure is the amount of force that your blood puts on the walls of blood vessels when in transit. Over time, high blood pressure can damage blood vessels and can lead to serious problems such as heart attack or stroke. The best way to know if you have high blood pressure is to have a doctor who will regularly monitor blood pressure.
What is high blood pressure?
High blood pressure contributes to cardiovascular disease.
Your heart is struck by 100 000 times a day. This represents 100 000 where your high blood pressure can damage your small blood vessels leading to your eyes, heart, brain and kidneys.
Blood pressure on the inner walls of your veins plus the resistance of blood vessels to the flow of blood generates blood pressure. If blood pressure is too great, can destroy blood vessels and prevent blood flow to vital organs. Over time high blood pressure, which is sufficiently low (140/90 or more) may result in eye damage or kidney failure, stroke, heart attack and other serious problems.
New medical guidelines state that normal blood pressure for most adults is less than 120/80. Drug therapy is recommended if your blood pressure is 140/90 and more.
In people with diabetes is recommended drug treatment if blood pressure is 130/80 or higher.
Most people with high blood pressure is the exact cause is unknown. But if you have high blood pressure, it can be about anything or everything from the following: